On success in life...

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people & the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics & endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden path or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
George S. Patton (General)
Success is a process that never ends.
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
(Richard Bach)
It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
(W. Somerset Maugham)

On working:
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.
(Mark Twain)

On dieting:
Our bodies are our gardens…our wills are gardeners.
(W.Shakespeare)