One can ask at least, did he succeed by his own standards?

If another man succeed by one effort, he will use a hundred efforts.

For two years, Hand tried to succeed as a lawyer by force of will, giving all his time to the practice.

A tall order, but possible, given the will to make it succeed by all those involved.

If another man succeed by ten efforts, he will use a thousand.

We have seen most notably in left us to be succeeded by.

He succeeded in the 1950 general election by 2,620 votes.

He was voted most likely to succeed by his classmates.

You must succeed by your own terms, not anyone else's.

We're trying to shut them down, and expect to succeed by the end of the day.