Words to ponder...

A Measure of Success:

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 redeemed social condition, or a job well done;

To know even one other life has breathed easier because you lived this is to have succeeded.

~ Misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the most popular quotations attributed to Emerson but almost certainly is not from Emerson. Here's the quotation on success and some thoughts on where it might really be from:
http://www.transcendentalists.com/success.htm