How To Measure 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 to 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