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