Success at last (quotes galore)

suc·cess

   [suhk-ses] 

1. The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted: attributed their success in business to hard work.

2.

a. The gaining of fame or prosperity: an artist spoiled by success.

b. The extent of such gain.

3. One that is successful: The plan was a success.

4. Obsolete A result or an outcome.

That is how the dictionary defines success, how do you?


This is one of my all-time favorite quotes: "To be successful in life you need to let others take the credit." - Ronald Reagan


And some others:


"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Ann Landers


"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." - Albert Einstien


"My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." - Pablo Picasso

"Shaquille O'neal is rich, but the dude who signs his check..... he's wealthy!" - Chris Rock

Success means different things to different people.  I think for most it has something to do with possessions, money, or holding some sort of vaunted position.  But if you dont hold any of the aforementioned, are you considered to be unsuccessful or even a failure? 

Is success something we just give worth to and then enter the pursuit of attaining it.  Its quite a relativistic view but then again most things are in todays world, or so it would seem.  I submit to you that success is universal, it is the same for all. "A successful life is one lived in love and begun again in Love." - Mark (me) 'bout 10:04  "What profit is it for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life." - Mark(not me) 8:36 NAB

St. Theresa of Avila, the great carmelite nun says it best in my opinion:

“Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.”

“It is love alone that gives worth to all things”