Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Gretchen Rubin Quotes: 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.
         

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.


Gretchen Rubin
Check all other quotes by Gretchen Rubin

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Gretchen Rubin Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-belief-that-unhappiness-is-selfless-and-628576>.





Check out


Other quotes of Gretchen Rubin


Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.



Happiness: "You Bring Your Own Weather To The Picnic."

Happiness: "You Bring Your Own Weather To The Picnic."



If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.

If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.



Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.



Act the way you WANT to feel.

Act the way you WANT to feel.



I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging."

I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging."



Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.



One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.



Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have.

Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have.






Other quotes you may like


Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.



Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will, " or "I will not, " and mean it?

Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will, " or "I will not, " and mean it?



Pocket all your knowledge with your watch and never pull it out in company unless desired.

Pocket all your knowledge with your watch and never pull it out in company unless desired.



This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.

This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.



Barack Obama may be black, but John McCain is the first Albino presidential candidate: he's completely see-through!

Barack Obama may be black, but John McCain is the first Albino presidential candidate: he's completely see-through!



I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.



Frankly, Governor Romney in his career has created more jobs than the entire Obama cabinet combined, so he could actually talk about it.

Frankly, Governor Romney in his career has created more jobs than the entire Obama cabinet combined, so he could actually talk about it.



The main aim is to up my game at every possible turn without compromise.

The main aim is to up my game at every possible turn without compromise.



Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition.

Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "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.". Author of this quote is Gretchen Rubin. This quote is about selfless, unhappiness, discipline, happy, misguided, belief, energy, happiness, generosity,.