Success Can Be

A mindset

An outlook

An attitude

Not giving up

One sound idea

A state of mind

Not being alone

Obedience to God

Obeying God’s law

A system to improve

Seeking plus serving

To appreciate beauty

A product of our work

Always doing our best

What we do for others

Staying focused on God

The opposite of failure

To laugh often and much

Being happy and grateful

Ignorance plus confidence

Rising every time we fall

Trying just one more time

Attempting to move forward

Finding the best in others

Having a place to call home

The result of many failures

An endless process to refine

A favourable or desired outcome

Doing the things we really enjoy

Faithfully doing the work of God

Staying true to our core beliefs

Steady progress toward our goals

When our vocation is our vacation

Using our talents to uplift others

Building God’s kingdom, not our own

Doing common things uncommonly well

Doing meaningful or fulfilling work

The result of consistency of purpose

What lies on the far side of failure

What we do with what we’ve been given

Winning the many small battles in life

The accomplishment of an aim or purpose

The number of people we have made happy

Not as important as living by our values

Not success if it makes not a happy mind

When we work for God in everything we do

Being faithful and doing the right things

Being faithful with our gifts and talents

Being ready for opportunity when it comes

The good or bad outcome of an undertaking

A relationship with God and doing His will

Being able to live our life in our own way

Embracing every opportunity of being useful

Having sunshine on the inside of our heart

Obtaining happiness from achieving our goals

A few simple disciplines, practiced every day

Finding our lifework in the work that we love

Having presence of mind and courage in distress

Not what gets done, but what gets done with God

Relentless obedience to the Word and Will of God

Doing something that improves the lives of others

Possibly just one step beyond our greatest failure

The ability to provide happiness to people we love

The act and desire to continuously grow and evolve

Understanding the difference between need and want

Conducting our life with integrity and perseverance

What we can make of the mess we have made of things

When all we really want is only what we really need

Doing what’s right, the right way, at the right time

The achievement of desired visions and planned goals

The result of being ready when our opportunity comes

The progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal

The sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out

Being thrifty to ourselves, but generous to people we love

Something that comes after the word work in the dictionary

Being obedient and faithful to the things God leads us to do

Stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm

Something that each of us can define and design for ourselves

The result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure

To know even one life has breathed easier because we have lived

Maintaining inner calm throughout the day no matter what happens

When we put our heart, mind, and soul into even our smallest acts

Bettering ourselves in the pursuit of ultimately benefiting others

Something we need to define for ourselves before we can achieve it

The state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations

The status of having achieved and accomplished an aim or objective

The product of daily habits - not once-in-a-lifetime transformations

Something that happens to people who are too busy to be looking for it

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children

The progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined, personal goals

Leaving ourselves and the people around us better off than we were before

Having achieved a state of inner peace, self-respect, and pride in what we do

Doing what God created us to do, without hesitation, reservation or delegation

Something that can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection

Possessing and displaying the fruit of the Spirit of God who resides in our heart

A sprint fuelled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over

Continued perseverance in the face of adversity, and remaining humble during the wins

Not the result of the amount of time we put in at work, but the quality of time we put in

Getting up in the morning and going to bed at night and in between doing what we want to do

Standing up for what is right and true when everyone else is going in the opposite direction

Knowing that what we are doing is helping us and others lead a better, happier, healthier life

What we can do for others and give to others, and how we can help them grow and prosper spiritually

Building something we believe in, with people that inspire us, that will make the world a better place

Getting up each day knowing that we are, we have and we will make a difference in the world we live in

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition

The outworking of God’s own providence, the reward of faith and discretion, of virtue and persevering effort

Obedience to God, empowered by the Spirit of God, motivated by love for God, and directed toward the advancement of the kingdom of God

Wanting to go somewhere, knowing why we want to go there, having a plan to get there, sticking to this plan in spite of obstacles, yet being flexible to change it when necessary, and enjoying the journey