You are a success when you clearly understand that failure is just an event.

You are a success when you know that a success doesn't make you and that failure doesn't break you.

You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future.

You are a success when you are filled with faith, hope, and love and live without anger, greed, guilt, envy, or thoughts of revenge.

You are a success when you are mature enough to delay gratification and shift focus from your rights to your responsibility.

You are a success when you are secure in who you are, so you are at peace with your creator and in fellowship with others.

You are a success when you have made friends of your adversaries and have gained the love of those who know you best.

You are a success when you give hope to the hopeless, love the unlovable, and are plesant to the grouch, courteous to the rude, and generous to the needy.