Success is not rightly measured by wealth, prestige and power. Success is measured by the yardstick of happiness.
Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
Success is not measured by what you do compared to what somebody else does. Success is measured by what you do compared to what you are capable of doing.
Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.
Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.
Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family back-ground; they are measured by the size of their thinking.
One Dilbert Blog reader noted that current research shows that happiness causes success more than success causes happiness. That makes sense to me. There's plenty of research about people having a baseline of happiness that doesn't vary much with circumstances. And given that happy people are typically optimistic, energetic, and fun to work with, I can see how happiness would lead to success.
Please don't settle for happiness. It's not good enough. Of course you deserve it, but if that's all you have in mind - happiness - I want to suggest to you that personal success devoid of meaningfulness, free of a steady commitment to social justice - that's more than a barren life. It's a trivial one.
In organizations, once you articulate how success will be measured, everybody tries to game the system so that they are measured in the best possible way.
Ultimately, success is not measured by first-place prizes. It's measured by the road you have traveled: how you have dealt with the challenge and the stumbling blocks you've encountered along the way.
What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.
It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Our success at friendship, business, sports, love--indeed, at nearly every enterprise we attempt--is largely determined by our self-image. People who have a confidence in their personal worth seem to be magnets for success and happiness.
Success is not measured by who gets credit. Success is measured by what gets done.