"To succeed is to achieve one's goal." However, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American poet, essayist and philosopher, said it best when he wrote:

"To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit 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."

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