That's a misquote, unless the article has been edited since your comment. The correct quote is: "For many of us – most of us who have devoted ourselves to the

That's a misquote, unless the article has been edited since your comment. The correct quote is: "For many of us – most of us who have devoted ourselves to the pursuit of any kind of excellence – our dreams already exceed our limitations; our ambitions lie far beyond our capabilities. So necessarily, most of us are doomed to fail." The author is not talking about all people. She is talking about people who have devoted their lives to perusing their dreams.