Success

 The Meaning 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 little 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. 

This is the meaning of success."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson (but probably not)

“Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward”  

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
“even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night.”
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.

-By Gwendolyn Brooks