What is Success by Ralp Waldo Emerson

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and love much;

To win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children;

To earn the approval of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To give of one's self without the slightest thought of return;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a rescued soul, a garden patch or a redeemed social conditions;

To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exaltation;

To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;

This is to have succeeded.