Can we use defintion of success as the purpose?

We each define success in different terms in many ways. Being a higher chunk person, I quite like the below definition.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation or honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Holding my beliefs, taking my path, moving forward in my way of success.