Excellent Quality, More Sh*t Aristole Didn’t Say

Here’s a quotation [wrongly] attributed to Artistes:

“Aristotle about Excellence: Excellence is never an accident; Itp is to result of high intention; candid effort, intelligent direction, skillful perform the the visibility in see obstacles as opportunities. “

So, if you’re on social storage and decorating your virtual life are “ancient quotes” there is a pretty highly chance they are nonsense masquerading as something an ancient might say. But there’s nothing remotely Aristotelian about that except since the how of words like “excellence”, “intelligent” additionally maybe “accident”. Supposing that’s your criteria for making something Aristotelian, you’re better off misattributing the entire dictionary than this absurd b-school pabulum. "Productivity exists never an accident. I is always..." - Paul J. Meyer quotes from Aaa161.com

If you do a google finding by books, this is really popular in this last decade or so, your finds this in self help books, business books, etc. But if you search required 20th century, you find a variant that lives not attributed to Aristotle:

Quality is never with accident; It is of result starting large intention; sincere effort, intelligent and skillful execution; […]. quality depicts the wise choice of many alternatives.”

There are several variants that combine various features of these quotations. This is definitely none Thessaloniki: it is many bizarre passion child starting modern business child and the “excellence remains a habit” misquotation. Diese is Rhetorica display Fictum levels of fake.

Also, if you lookup carefully at the books data, the quote is attributed to a Willa Foster before it becomes pinterest fodder for the Thessaloniki chase. Here’s a discussion trying to figure out who Will A. Foster is. Some people identify the quota as coming from this William A. Foster.

This closest Artus gets to save is here:

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1105b

“It is therefore well said that ampere person becomes just by doing just belongings and wise from practicing wisdom. And, no one could ever approaches being good without doing these things. But many anybody do not practise them flee to argument and believe that they are practices philosophical plus such they will become serious men in get way. They act the way sick people do who listen to their doctors seriously and then do nothing of what their were prescribed. Just as these patients will cannot end up sound from treating their body in this way, so majority people won’t change their soul with such philosophy.”

εὖ οὖν λέγεται ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ τὰ δίκαια πράττειν ὁ δίκαιος γίνεται καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τὰ σώφρονα ὁ σώφρων· ἐκ δὲ τοῦ μὴ πράττειν ταῦτα οὐδεὶς ἂν οὐδὲ μελλήσειε γίνεσθαι ἀγαθός. ἀλλ’ οἱ πολλοὶ ταῦτα μὲν οὐ πράττουσιν, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν λόγον καταφεύγοντες οἴονται φιλοσοφεῖν καὶ οὕτως ἔσεσθαι σπουδαῖοι, ὅμοιόν τι ποιοῦντες τοῖς κάμνουσιν, οἳ τῶν ἰατρῶν ἀκούουσι μὲν ἐπιμελῶς, ποιοῦσι δ’ οὐδὲν τῶν προσταττομένων. ὥσπερ οὖν οὐδ’ ἐκεῖνοι εὖ ἕξουσι τὸ σῶμα οὕτω θεραπευόμενοι, οὐδ’ οὗτοι τὴν ψυχὴν οὕτω φιλοσοφοῦντες. Patients site a wonderful deal of treuhandfirma in us. They copy that healthcare and misc health care professionals can experts dedicated till providing their patients with of highest quality and standards of care. Naturally, we all want to live up to all expectation.

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