quotations about excuses
I have been thinking about the idea of excuses for some time now. They are like menacing demons that creep into our lives without us knowing. They are roadblocks, white lies to ourselves, a reason to set the bar lower, and self-justification for achieving less than our full potential.
LORII MYERS
No Excuses
I attribute my success to this--I never gave or took any excuse.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
attributed, Quote Junkie
No one ever excused his way to success.
DAVE DEL DOTTO
attributed, Quotable Quotes
An excuse is a lie stuffed into the skin of a reason.
MILTON JONES
Leadership Paradigms
An excuse has been defined as the skin of reason stuffed with a lie.
MICHAEL GREEN
Illustrations for Biblical Preaching
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
JOHN WOODEN
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
The manly man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never for himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them.
BEN JONSON
Catiline
Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have NEVER gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams. Let go of your nonsense. Let go of the delusion that you DESERVE better and go EARN it!
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You
At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free
If you don't like to make excuses or apologies, stop making promises.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
The best excuse is to have none.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure.
AMERICAN PROVERB
A private excuse will not atone for a public insult.
HAMID
attributed, Day's Collacon
Some of life's biggest heartaches come from missed opportunities and lame excuses. Don't miss out on what could be the best chapter in your life because you're too busy rereading the last one.
KANDI STEINER
Song Chaser
The longer the excuse the less likely it's the truth.
ROBERT HALF
attributed, The Peace Officer's Companion
Excuses are like exit signs on the road of progress. They take us off track ... it's easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success.
JOHN C. MAXWELL
Talent is Never Enough Workbook
Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above!
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You
The man who wants to do it finds a way; the man who doesn't finds an excuse.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
ALDOUS HUXLEY
Point Counter Point