What is Success?

To laugh often and much;
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
(Bio of Emerson at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson)
(Works of Emerson at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/e#a1071)
(Complete Works of Emerson from University of Michigan Digital Library Collections and Publications: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/emerson/)