"What is Success?"
To laugh often and much; 
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the 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.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson