You are humane if you can practice five things…
Page 31 You are humane if you can practice five things in the world, respectfulness, magnanimity, truthfulness, acuity/intellect, and generosity. To laugh often and much much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, the only appreciation of honest critics and adore the trail trail of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a better place, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or redeemEd social condition,To know that even one life has breathe easier because you have lived, this is to have been successful.
— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)
In the book
Third, success is a journey, not a destination — a common and costly error is to treat it as a specific place you arrive at rather than a way of traveling. And if you want the noblest definition ever written, it is the one often laid at Emerson's feet: to laugh often; to win the respect of the intelligent and the affection of children; to leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived — this is to have succeeded. Aristotle put it more plainly still: success is simply doing the best you can with what you are best at. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)