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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAN TO BE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE SOLDIER GOING TO THE FIELD by WILLIAM DAVENANT SONNET, WRITTEN IN JANUARY 1817 by JOHN KEATS CHRISTMAS HYMN by HARRIET AUBER HERMOTIMUS by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN AN OLD SAW NEWLY RENDERED by LEVI BISHOP |