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