How do you measure 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 redeemed social condition or a job well done;

To know even one other life has breathed because you lived - 

This is to have succeeded.  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson