A man does not appreciate at its full worth the thing that comes to him without effort.
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
-Paul, II Timothy 4:7-8