It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. — W. Somerset Maugham. English playwright and author (1874–1965)
It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.