Quotation by

H. G. Wells

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

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Success is determined by comparing our unrealized potential and possibilities with the actual achievements and personal growth we have accomplished. It emphasizes evaluating how closely our real outcomes match what we could have become or created.

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