Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Success·Failure, 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, 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 (1803-1882) a literary thinker and poet

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