Bible Study

I have found a new church family and am involved in a woman's bible study group. I am glad the God has brought me to this group of woman and I will continue learn about God through them. Each woman brings something unique to the group. I like hearing stories of their lives and experiences.
The bible study is about success. What is my definition of success? When asked the question what is my definition of success the only thing that came to mind was being happy with what you have. According to dictionary.com the meaning of success is:
1. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors
2. the attainment of wealth, posistion, honors, or the like.
3. a successful performance or achievement
4. a person or thing that is successful
5. obsolete. outcome.

Here are some quotes on success.
"The definition of success- To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation fo honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self' to leave the world a little better, wheather by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition.; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived- this is to have succeeded."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world a better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was and inspiration; whose memory is a benediction.
-Mrs. A. J. Stanley

Many of life's failutes are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
-Thomas Edison

Try on to be a man of success, but rather to be a man of value.
-Albert Einstein

WHAT WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO DO IF YOU KNEW YOU WOULD NOT FAIL?
-ROBERT SCHULLER