If you want to have more, you have to become more. Success is not something that you pursue. What you pursue will elude you; it can be like trying to chase butterflies. Success is something that you attract by the person that you become.
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 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.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s definition of success. I’ve read through it multiple times and I agree 100%. I don’t know that there is anything that I could add to make it more complete. Perfect.
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