AN ANONYMOUS POEM ON SUCCESS
Success which is defined as the achievement of a desired
outcome, goal, or purpose is not a providential gift but the well-deserved
fruit of one’s perfect knowledge, skill, hard work, application of effective
methods, selecting the most productive time, committing no glaring errors, and
sticking to the fruitful efforts till the intended result is achieved.
To put it simply, a person succeeds
when he accomplishes what he attempts, or attains a desired object or result; and
an enterprise or undertaking succeeds that has a prosperous result.
Some synonyms of success are:
achievement, accomplishment, victory, triumph, attainment, and acquirement.
Before you read the anonymous poem
which will follow, look at these quotes:
*He who
would succeed must arm himself with three vital and most necessary weapons,
First, he must have ceaseless industry; second, he must have limitless ambition
of purpose: third he must possess unquenchable enthusiasm, coupled with a
determination to succeed. ---American Illustrator and painter Howard Pyle (1853-1911).
**If you
wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise
counsellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.-----British
writer and politician Joseph Addison (1672-1719).
Here is the Anonymous
Poem mentioned above:
WHAT IS SUCCESS?
Success is speaking words of praise,
In cheering other people's ways.
In doing just the best you can,
With every task and every plan.
It's silence when your speech would
hurt,
Politeness when your neighbor's curt.
It's deafness when the scandal flows,
And sympathy with others' woes.
It's loyalty when duty calls,
It's courage when disaster falls.
It's patience when the hours are
long,
It's found in laughter and in song.
It's in the silent time of prayer,
In happiness and in despair.
In all of life and nothing less,
We find the thing we call success.
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G.R.Kanwal
30 May 2026
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