True Success - The Opening of Our Principal's Graduation Speech Today

What is Success?



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