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Success

Good morning fellow classmates and Ms Leaver. We all know a little about success, but let me explain this concept further. In the words of Winston Churchill “Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts."
Your achievements in the realms of Leadership, success, and Character are being honored here by your induction into this prestigious society.
An honor such as this is a wonderful way for us as individuals to recognize and celebrate the choices, and sometimes the sacrifices, we have made, during our quest to become successful.
But I believe that what should make you the most proud is not the actual honor of success itself, but what you had to do to achieve it. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." Any recognition is just the icing on the cake, not to be expected but definitely to be enjoyed.
However, I challenge you not to rest on your laurels but to continue to strive towards even loftier goals and more successful outcomes.
The core of a fulfilled and fulfilling life, involves not just leadership and character but also success, which we can achieve personally or as a group.
The most important thing to remember is that each of these three characteristics (success, leadership and character) is the sum of many individual decisions. They embody a positive attitude backed by purpose. The only way to achieve your purpose and success is to take small actions everyday. In the end, they all add up. My hope for you is that you will cultivate this attitude backed by purpose in your own life.
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Success is much more than just getting straight A's. It is a life-long love of learning. In the end it is a sum of small choices. Each time you decide you WANT to learn something and BE successful at it; the experience will be so rewarding that the next time becomes easier.
Soon learning becomes a habit. At that point, your main desire is to be successful and learn. The knowledge of success can...