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