What does success mean to you?
“Sometimes I think the fates must grin as we denounce them and insist the only reason we can’t win, is the Fates themselves that miss. Yet there lives on the ancient claim: we win or lose within ourselves. The shining trophies on our shelves can never win tomorrow’s game.
You and I know deeper down, there’s always a chance to win the crown. But when we fail to give our best, we simply haven’t met the test, of giving all and saving none until the game is really won. Of showing what is meant by grit. Of playing through when others quit. Of playing through, not letting up. It’s bearing down that wins the cup.
Of dreaming there’s a goal ahead. Of hoping when our dreams are dead. Of praying when our hopes have fled. Yet losing, not afraid to fall, if bravely we have given all. For who can ask more of a man than giving all within his span. Giving all, it seems to me, is not so far from victory.
And so the fates are seldom wrong, no matter how they twist and wind. It’s you and I who make our fates — we open up or close the gates on the road ahead or the road behind.”
George Moriarty – The Road Ahead Or The Road Behind
Damon Klotz 
2 Responses to “What does success mean to you?”
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. It’s the only thing that ever has.
I love that quote. And on that note I think it’s quite fitting that the two of us are having a catch up tonight! I wonder what part of the world we will try change tonight!