The greatest success

You don't have to be famous to be important. You don't have to be a celebrity to be successful.

You don't have to live in opulent luxury to be rich. You don't have to be irresponsible to be free.

You don't have to be outrageous to be creative. You don't have to be abusive to be impressive.

You can be quietly humble and still be amazingly effective. You can be kind and considerate and still have great influence.

Just because people don't fall at your feet and worship you, doesn't mean you are a failure. Quiet success is just as sweet as loud, flamboyant success, and usually much more real.

Success is what you choose for it to be, not what everyone else says it must be. Live your life in each moment in a way that truly fulfills you and brings value to your world, for that is the greatest success.

-- Ralph Marston

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