“To laugh often and love much;
to win the respect of intelligent people,
and the affection of children;
to earn the approbation of honest critics;
and 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 little 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