Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habit is notorious - and rightly so - for its ability to direct our actions, even against our will; but by mindfully shaping our habits, we can harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.

Gretchen Rubin

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LifeGrowthPowerHabitEnergyGo

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing.

Joan Didion

ResearchWritingYouDownGoMatter

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

John Madden

DayTeamBad DayYouBadMud

I just have a serious problem with business for business' sake: this bottom-dollar mentality. I have a serious problem with evil.

Jeff Ament

BusinessEvilProblemSeriousJust

We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.

Michael Chertoff

IntelligenceSecurityDoneSharing

I will always wish the best to Madrid.

Alvaro Morata

BestWishWillAlwaysMadrid

Taking time to contemplate what you're grateful for isn't merely the 'right' thing to do. It also improves your mood because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%.

Travis Bradberry

TimeGratefulStressYouMoodRight

My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.

Lorna Luft

MotherAnxietyRememberSuicideWay

As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's... I think it's a little jarring.

Jonathan Levine

ThinkRealityExpectationDirector

I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself.

Bobby Darin

MyselfBlameSingingResultActing

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

Arthur Schopenhauer

LifeEndureUsWouldAbleNone

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

William Wordsworth

MusicHeartLongHillMoreUp

I hope I've been able to show other young girls that as long as you work hard and you're committed to fight for your education, that anything's possible.

Susana Martinez

WorkEducationHopeFightWork Hard

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