Success in life

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 oneself;to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child,a garden patch or redeemed social condition;to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived– this is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson