The Definition of Success
“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
Written by Shirley | Filed Under Words of Inspiration
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Comment by jack:
Sounds perfectly right to me.
J
Comment by R.G:
success truly is being able to spend your life your own way
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