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; to
appreciate beauty; 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 exultation; to
know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived -- that is
to have succeeded.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson |