I think David Horsey has got the long and short of it.
[link|http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsey/print.asp?id=894|Right here.]
In that final hour, when each breath is a struggle to take, and you are looking back over your life's accomplishments, which memories would you treasure? The empires you built, or the joy you spread to others?
Therin lies the true measure of a man.