to win the respect of intelligent people and the 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 have lived;

This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson