Signs Of Success
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles, uncategorized
The following signs of success by poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson are very worthwhile signs of success, but I would like to include two more important signs from the wisdom of Solomon:
Signs Of Spiritual Success From God’s Word:
1) “Fear God and 2) keep His commandments, For this is man’s all” (Ecclesiastes 12:13; cf. Deuteronomy 10:12; Joshua 1:1-9).
Signs Of Success From Emerson:
“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of 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 bit better, whether 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” (source).
—Ralph Waldo Emerson