Leggy Gretchen Quotes

#1. I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular. #Quote by Gretchen Wilson

#2. I love cunning containers as much as anyone, but I've found that if I get rid of everything I don't need, I often don't need a container at all. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#3. Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not have success. #Quote by Gretchen Carlson

#4. We all know the secret of dieting - eat better, eat less, exercise more - it's the application that's challenging. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#5. We have rules in the house and a sticker chart for my kids to earn technology time. Maybe its because of the world I live in and work, that I don't see much of anything beneficial that comes out of social media for kids. Even though its how they communicate now, so you have to find the fine balance. #Quote by Gretchen Carlson

#6. In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side. #Quote by Melissa Etheridge

#7. For people who want to eat and drink more healthfully, keeping a food journal can be extremely effective. For instance, one study showed that dieters who kept a food journal six or seven days a week lost twice as much weight as people who did so once a week or not at all. Although keeping a food journal sounds straightforward, I braced myself for a challenge when I decided to try it. No one ever mentions how hard it is to keep a food journal, but I'd already tried and failed three times. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#8. Of course it's not enough to sit around wanting to be happy; you must make the effort to take steps toward happiness by acting with more love, finding work you enjoy, and all the rest. But for me, asking myself whether I was happy had been a crucial step toward cultivating my happiness more wisely through my actions. Also, only through recognizing my happiness did I really appreciate it. Happiness depends partly on external circumstances, and it also depends on how you view those circumstances.

-Gretchen Rubin #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#9. I'm a creature of routine, and I hate feeling incompetent, so I avoided novelty and challenge. Making an effort to push myself in that way has brought me surprising boost. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#10. I get such a buzz out of cleaning closets. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#11. I am interested in you, Gretchen." When I still won't look at him, he presses his fingers against my jaw and gently turns my face. He is looking straight in my eyes when he says, "I'm interested in you."
His midnight blues burn with an intensity that almost makes me believe him. Makes me want to believe him. He knows just the right thing to say to mess with my mind. He always has. He leans closer, watching me. His lips are a breath away from mine.
This time I'm not buying it.
My knee connects with his soft spot and he doubles over, gasping for air.
"Find your own way home," I snap before turning and marching back to my car. #Quote by Tera Lynn Childs

#12. When Churchill was running for office for the first time, he went door to door to ask for votes. He knocked on the door of an irritable man who, when Churchill introduced himself, said, "Vote for you? Why, I'd rather vote for the devil!" "I understand," answered Churchill. "But in case your friend is not running, may I count on your support? #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#13. Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing. #Quote by Gretchen Wilson

#14. My daughter is a redneck woman, she's a redneck girl. #Quote by Gretchen Wilson

#15. I don't know if I'll ever get used to hearing my name being mentioned alongside all these other legendary artists that have come before me. #Quote by Gretchen Wilson

#16. He skied Mount Bachelor. I wasn't much of a skier, so I went off to track down wildlife while he had a great time on the slopes. Meeting him at the lodge afterward, I had to head off a leggy blonde who was intent on teaching Steve how to use an American pay phone. Not the kind of wildlife I was interested in him experiencing. #Quote by Terri Irwin

#17. When I find myself focusing overmuch on the anticipated future happiness of arriving at a certain goal, I remind myself to 'Enjoy now'. If I can enjoy the present, I don't need to count on the happiness that is (or isn't) waiting for me in the future. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#18. I've found that I snack less and concentrate better when I chew on a plastic stirrer - the kind that you get to stir your to-go coffee. I picked up this habit from my husband, who loves to chew on things. His favorite chew-toy is a plastic pen top, and gnawed pen tops and little bits of plastic litter our apartment. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#19. People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason in a way that animals can't do. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#20. To Hope and to many more turkey sandwiches." "Thank you," I said, the cold turkey warming my stomach. After #Quote by Gretchen Olson

#21. Your unhappiness doesn't help anyone else - and in fact, as I mentioned in another answer, happy people are more altruistically inclined. So happiness is not a selfish goal. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#22. Stories are shaped by the ones who tell them. #Quote by Gretchen Anthony

#23. It's hard to know really how it's going to happen, but the career ebbs and flows and now there's a nicer feeling of interest than there has been at other times. #Quote by Gretchen Mol

#24. Happy people generally are more forgiving, helpful, and charitable, have better self-control, and are more tolerant of frustration than unhappy people, while unhappy people are more often withdrawn, defensive, antagonistic, and self-absorbed. Oscar Wilde observed, One is not always happy when one is good; but one is always good when one is happy. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#25. Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#26. I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother. #Quote by Gretchen Carlson

#27. When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought to bear on a supreme challenge, and with his unshakable optimism, his heroic vision, and above all, his splendid speeches, Churchill roused the spirit of the British people. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#28. Look for happiness under your own roof. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#29. Many people keep photos in their homes, in their office, or in their wallet, and happy families tend to display large numbers of photos at home. In 'Happier at Home,' I write about my 'shrine to my family' made of photographs. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#30. There are a ton of reasons why I shouldn't be with you, but none are convincing enough to keep me from being here, tonight. #Quote by Gretchen De La O

#31. The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#32. I think it's sort of disrespectful to the partner you're having sex with to talk about it. #Quote by Gretchen Mol

#33. The imperfect book that gets published is better than the perfect book that never leaves my computer. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#34. As Samuel Johnson said, To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#35. I needed to change the lens through which I viewed everything familiar. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#36. There is a myth, sometimes widespread, that a person need do only inner work ... that a man is entirely responsible for his own problems; and that to cure himself, he need only change himself. ... The fact is, a person is so formed by his surroundings, that his state of harmony depends entirely on his harmony with his surroundings. - CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER, The Timeless Way of Building #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#37. The stars glitter from outside... like cosmic confetti sprinkled across the night sky. #Quote by Gretchen Powell

#38. What I've also noticed is the term happiness, or happy is intimidating to some people. Some people deny that it's even possible to be happy, or to achieve happiness. Happiness sounds like this magical destination that you arrive at and then everything is sort of solved, or it's different. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#39. You hit> a goal, you keep a resolution. #Quote by Gretchen Rubin

#40. The challenging part of parenting is to stick to your ideals and not give in. #Quote by Gretchen Carlson