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
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can
the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired,
and success achieved.
Helen Keller
