“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 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 sung with exultation;
to know that even one life has
breathed easier because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
