“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
Clearly, I'll need to read more about Aristotle, the source of this! From a brief look online, it seems that this quote probably comes from one of his two books on Ethics, and the word translated as "Excellence" may also be translated as "Virtue."
There are many questions that come to mind (about context, about meaning and translation to name a few), but let's put those aside for now: I simply haven't time.
The key element here is this formula:
high intention + sincere effort + intelligent execution = excellence.
What a scale for measuring our endeavors! Even if the goal isn't guaranteed (I'm dubious that "choice... determines your destiny"), what a magnificent criteria!
Such a criteria must certainly set a path towards success... even if the meaning of "success" itself gets redefined along the way.
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