The sources included in this course experience demonstrate that there are a number of ways to define “success” in life. While the definition of “success” may be elusive, each of us still wishes to pursue it. It is therefore crucial to define it for your own life.  The end of this question is a beginning.  If you have considered the definitions and thoughts offered in these chapters, continue to contemplate the following quotations about success, and thereby continue to refine your own definition. May your definition of success make you truly satisfied, not lacking in any way.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston Churchill

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” ― Albert Einstein

“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you’ll move mountains.” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

“Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.” – Deuteronomy 29:9

“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” ― Bette Midler

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.” ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ” ― Oprah Winfrey

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” ― Vince Lombardi

“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” – Jesus (Matthew 6:33)