Quotes

"You have to believe in happiness, or happiness never comes." - Douglas Malloch

"Happiness is the ability to recognize it." - Carolyn Wells

"A happy life consists in tranquility of mind." - Cicero

"Beauty to me is being comfortable in your own skin." - Gwyneth Paltrow

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” - Epictetus

"If you want to be happy, be." - Leo Tolstoy

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln

"Happiness is a form of courage." - Holbrook Jackson

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet." - James Oppenheim

"Be happy. It's one way of being wise." - Sidonie Gabrielle

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." - John Barrymore

Layout Ideas

Celebrate the joys of your life by creating a scrapbook page that lists 100 things that make you happy.

Scrapbook a layout about someone who inspires you because of his or her optimistic outlook on life.

Scrapbook a page about a time when you gained courage by deciding to be happy.

Create a layout sharing five ways you "grow happiness under your feet" each day.

Do you maintain an optimistic outlook on life? Create a layout that shares ways that your choice to be happy has helped you make wiser decisions.

Create a scrapbook page that shares why the profession you chose makes you happy--and how it has brought you "success" (however you define it).

Make a scrapbook page celebrating life's little joys that have brought happiness without your seeking them.

Journaling Prompts

What was the age in life you've enjoyed most so far?

What color makes you happiest?

What are 5 things that make you happy?

What is your favorite day of the week?