10 Simple Yet Powerful Ways To Be Successful.

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Success is not to be measured by wealth amassed alone. Success is not just fame. Life of values and which is of value to others is more fulfilling and joy-giving, Such a life is more successful than a rich luxurious life.

Here are 10 simple yet powerful ways we can become better and successful in life.

1. The most unpromising ground sometimes yields the richest results. The finest grapes in the world are not grown on fat soil, but on sand deserts and barren shingle that would not afford nourishment to a patch of oats. Our hardest times often bring our greatest moments in life. Have patience. Be Strong. Don’t Quit. Let perseverance be your engine, hope your fuel.
2. There must be courage — to brave storms, to face the unknown, to stand alone, to withstand the obstacles which confront those who venture on a new departure. As long as you keep pottering along, a boat’s length from the shore, you will only catch little fishes. The big ones and the heavy takes are away out yonder. Go out there, if you want to get them. Ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what is built for. Drop fear. Take risks. Say yes to new adventures.
3. Thorough preparation makes its own luck. The best time to ponder any path is not at the end, not even in the middle, but at the beginning of it. The right place for weighing the worth of any course is on this side of its beginning. The injunction applies to every step in life, small or great. Be humble enough to prepare and confident enough to perform.
4. It is not too much to say that all of us go wrong by underestimating ourselves. Self knowledge is a great strength. The first secret of true courage is to know and be sure that we have some power. Hence the wisdom of the maxim of the ancients, ‘Know thyself’ — learn to see what thy real capacity is, and knowing that, shrink not from venturing on putting it to the proof.
5. Common sense is calculation applied to life. It is not only the commercial world which has to make its calculations of profit and loss. All life is made up of profit and loss. And if there is not profit, there is a loss; and if there is no loss, there is profit. Be wise. Be calculative. Make right decisions.
6. All things must come to an end. No earthly being or object can go on forever. The river runs till it reaches the ocean, but it ceases then. One should strive so to live that they won’t have anything to regret. It is most sad when we are embittered with the reflection that life has been wasted. The only way in which we finish our course with joy is by meeting faithfully every duty.
7. Truth is beautiful though hated and hooted by the majority of men. The diamond glitters, however mean the setting. Like the diamond and the star, truth is beautiful everywhere and always. Stay truthful and faithful to your conscience. There is nothing so powerful as truth.
8. A person who has no internal resources, and who has no approving conscience; who is happy only when others smile, and miserable when they frown, is one who can have no security for enjoyment. Happiness is always an inside job.
9. The world is looking for those who can bring things to pass. Noble deeds are the stairway leading to greatness and honor. If you would be trusted, first learn to be honest. If you would rule, first learn how to obey. If you would rise to a more important position, fill the place where you are to overflowing with yourself.
10. How strange it is that when people get rich they are just as unsatisfied and anxious to make money as when they were poor. Be content. Be happy. Be thankful. Harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.