What is success?

       To laugh often and much;

       To win the respect of intelligent people

       and the affection of children;

       To earn the appreciation of honest critics

       and endure the betrayal of false friends;

       To appreciate beauty;

       To find the best in others;

       To leave the world a bit better, whether by

       a healthy child, a garden patch

       or a redeemed social condition;

       To know even one life has breathed

       easier because you have lived;

       This is to have succeeded.


         by Ralph Waldo Emerson