SUCCESS AND PROGRESS
Move forward!
Movement is success,
Movement is progress
Success you want;
Progress you need.
Success is your assessment
Of your dormant and bound life.
Progress is God's assessment
Of your awakened and illumined life.
Sri Chinmoy, God's Vision-Promise
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Success is my temporary achievement on earth. Progress is my lasting achievement in God and God's lasting achievement in me. More...
Sri Chinmoy, Reality-Dream
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WHAT IS PROGRESS?
What is success?
Money-power.
What is success?
Fame-tower.
What is progress?
Oneness-height.
What is progress?
Perfection-delight.
Sri Chinmoy, Three Soulful Prayers
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FAILURE AND SUCCESS
Defeat
Is a bad failure.
Despair
Is a worse failure.
Not to try again
Is the worst failure.
Victory
Is a good success.
Progress
Is a better success.
Surrender
Is the best success.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance Of Life, Part 19
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What does failure do?
Failure improves my life,
Strengthens my mind
And heightens my heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 49
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Failure is failure
Only when
We stop trying any more.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 22
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Question: Can we learn more from failure or success?
Sri Chinmoy: It depends on the individual and the way one utilises the experiences. If it is an experience of failure and we use it as an opportunity to perfect our nature, then we are nearing our goal. If it is an experience of success and we use the experience to inspire us toward greater perfection, then we are also nearing our goal. There is no hard and fast rule that says we will learn more from failure or more from success; it is only how we utilise the experience.
Sri Chinmoy, Warriors Of The Inner World
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Question: Is the word 'failure' in God's dictionary?
Sri Chinmoy: In God's dictionary there is no such word. What we see in His dictionary is "experience." "Failure" is an experience. "Success" is an experience. We can and we should accept them with the same joy. Read more...
Sri Chinmoy, A God-Lover's Earth-Heaven-Life, Part 3
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