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 that even one life has breathed easier, because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Taken from the writing of Ralph Waldo Emerson