Better Than Dead

Random quote of the day:

 

“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 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 never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who has looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.”

—Bessie A. Stanley, “What Constitutes Success?” Emporia Gazette, December 11, 1905
(often misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Louis Stevenson, and other three-named men)

 

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