Success

To laugh often and love much.
To win the respect of intelligent persons
and the affection of children.
To earn the approbation of honest critics
and to endure the betrayal of false friends.
To appreciate beauty.
To find the best in others.
To give of one's self.
To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition.
To have played and laughed
with enthusiasm and sung in exultation.
To know that even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson