“That is to succeed.”

“To laugh often and to love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one’s self; to leave the world a little better whether by a healthy child, a garden path, or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exhaultion; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived…

That is to succeed.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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