The Definition of Success

Here is a quote that I found while searching for quotes about success the yesterday after talking to Dorothy about her feelings on success and frustration with her job:

The definition of success -

To laugh much;

to win 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 patch,

or a redeemed social condition.;

to have played and laughed with enthusiasm,

and sung with exultation;

to know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived -

this is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson