Iceman

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 garden patch

Or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life

Has breathed easier

Because you have lived.

That is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson