To laugh often and love much;
to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children;
to earn the appropriation 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.

    -John Wesley Emerson