"To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best,
night and day, to make you everybody but yourself - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting."

E. E. Cummings

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

"What Constitutes Success." Bessie Stanley's Famous Poem

What Constitutes Success.

"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much;
who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a 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 he had;
whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction."

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