What is success?

Friends and family, Found this wonderful piece of philosophy today...copied and pasted it for our day's consumption..or perhaps, make it our words to live by.

"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