"To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people

and 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 even

one life has breathed easier because you

hae lived. This is to have succeeded."

 

--Ralph Waldo Emerson