True success...
(One) has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust (and respect) of intelligent men (and women), and the love of little children; who has filled (one’s) niche and accomplished (one’s) task; who has left the world better than (one) found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best (one) had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.
-Bessie Anderson Stanley
1904
