success or failure

ok..just a quick thot that popped in my mind.. wat determines success and failure? is it hard work? is it intelligence? is it luck or is it fate???? thats a qn that everyone asks rite? I think i figured it out... the most successful successes are born of pure desperation.. think abt it... creative? DELL in a sense... and academically, look at the scholars... think abt it carefully.. of cos there are ppl who didnt, but yah... its ur opinion....