A great philosopher once said success comes from opportunity and preparation. One must be prepared for an opportunity no matter where it find you. When one begins a journey for success he or she must choose between two pain, the pain of discipline were one must train, restrict and stop him or herself from certain habits no matter how good and hard they are to stop, or the pain of failure which comes about when one did not discipline him or herself from certain habits. Success is a two way road in this case one needs God to succeed, then God does not help anyone whom does not help himself therefore for you to succeed you must first work hard and leave the rest to God.
In the bible it is written that the people are told to commit there work to the lord, and there plans will succeed. Even when you commit everything to God do not expect your plans to succeed without working hard. You cannot go to church every day and not study and expect to pass. God only helps those who help themselves. I know you think you are successful but you don't pray to God because you don't believe in him. But God helps everyone no matter how much you love or hate him,no matter your opinion about his existence. His always going to be there for you. For us who believe in God when you were a baby did you pray to God no, but he protected you from evil. From my perspective there is no success without God neither is there life without him. Success also comes from determination and perseverance. Talents also play a big role in success, because success is not only about owning a big house , a big business and a car no. Success can be passing an exam, winning a football match or being able to do something you were failing to do. You are not always going to succeed, failure will be present. Just because failure will always be there, that does not make it right to accept it in our lifes. Away our guilt .God tells us even if we fail to do his work we should no walk away from him but accept his offer of grace. failure will be present but we should not accept it ,but rather we should aim for success. There is a phrase that says be proud of how hard you are trying . This phrase encourages us to atleast try to succeed and to be proud of how much you've tried. When i was young my father always told me that there is no sweet without sweat. He told me, my son you will not always be given things ,you have to work for them. Even the bible in genesis 3:19 says,in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,till thou returns to the ground. Always be aware that success comes with sweat and there is no shortcut to success! And always let your progress to be your motivation no matter how small your progress is. Success is not a comfortable procedure, it is a very uncomfortable thing to attempt, so you have to get comfortable being uncomfortable if you ever want to be successful. This means you have to pass through uncomfortable situations to get to comfortable situations. To succeed on must do their very best, sucess must be proof that someone is alive, because when one suceeds the he or she will make a difference. This difference can be to motivate others to do the very best as well and many other things. The philosophy is why be normal if you can be the best, If one puts interest and determination into something that he or she wants to succeed in, he or she can be the best and succeed. Being better than someone doesn't mean you are superior than them but it means that you have worked harder than them. Because you worked hard than them that will motivate them to work harder than you next time you compete. In a journey to success competition will always be present, competition can be referred to as people who want to be the best and these people really work hard.