Success

To laugh often, and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children.

To earn the respect of honest friends 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 with exultation;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson