It's a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, but few are chosen. — W. Somerset Maugham. English playwright and author (1874–1965)
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.
It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.