Deb added a quote:
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. " — Elinor Smith

Deb added a quote:
"“I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks.” " — His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Deb added a quote:
"To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless." — Julian Barnes