Success
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh
often and much;
to win the
respect of intelligent people
and
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.