A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.
Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.
Almost any biography will have its useful suggestions for making life a success, but none better or more unfailing than the biography of Christ.
As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and a happy giving one."