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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 trial of false friends. To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others. To leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child or redeemed social condition or a job well done, to know even one other life has breathed easier because you lived—this is to have succeeded.
Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 7 to 11, 1981.
Stanley BA. Success (prize-winning definition in a contest conducted by Brown Book Magazine). Brown Book Magazine, 1904.
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Veidenheimer, M.C. Who dug your well?. Dis Colon Rectum 25, 85–89 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553244
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553244