Henry Rider Haggard

For if one had real faith one would always persevere, knowing that in every work undertaken with high aim, there is an element of nobility, however humble and unrecognised that work may seem to be.

Terrible is the lot of a man who, while still young and possessing the intellect necessary to achievement, is deprived of all ambition.

A hobby is only really amusing when it becomes an obsession.