Saturday, April 09, 2005

What is Success?

What is Success?
By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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, or 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.

Jyotsna