"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."
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Source: Attributed to Aristotle in Diogenes Laertius The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers translated by C. D. Yonge and Henry G. Bohn (p. 188), 1853.
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