Something about being adored by children, etc. ... does this sound familiar? "This is to have lived," I think is how it ends.
Help?
2006-09-11 16:32:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
you girls rock! thank you xoxo ... I was searching Thoreau quotes, when it hit me that it might just be Emerson. That's my life quote, by the way. If you have one, email it to me! thanks again
2006-09-11 16:52:44 · update #1
well i'll agree wit the people with Ralph Waldo Emerson. I just wanted to represent cuz...
I WENT TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NEW YORK...oh yeah, go Emerson Lions, w0ot w0ot 8)
2006-09-11 18:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by >???<Chinita>???< 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2006-09-14 03:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
..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 betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2006-09-11 23:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by I am Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"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 betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Emerson
2006-09-11 23:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by Nikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I do the best I can,
the very best I know how,
and I mean to keep doing it to the end.
If the end bring me out alright,
what is said against me will not amount to anthing.
If the end brings me out all wrong,
ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
-Abraham Lincoln
2006-09-14 09:00:27 · answer #5 · answered by arl21amber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunshine and Nikki are right. It was Emerson.
2006-09-11 23:48:42 · answer #6 · answered by organic gardener 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋