I am a groundbreaker, naive enough to believe this.

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.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson