quotations about excuses
Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure.
AMERICAN PROVERB
The best excuse is to have none.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
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
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
I attribute my success to this--I never gave or took any excuse.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
attributed, Quote Junkie
There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.
GEORGE SAVILE
Moral Thoughts and Reflections
The manly man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never for himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
The archer that shoots ill has a lie ready.
SPANISH PROVERB
Any excuse will serve when one has not a mind to do a thing.
GUICCIARDINI
attributed, Day's Collacon
Excuses never excuse. They just repeat the crime that required the excuse in the first place.
PAUL DE MAN
Political Archive of Paul de Man
An excuse has been defined as the skin of reason stuffed with a lie.
MICHAEL GREEN
Illustrations for Biblical Preaching
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
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 longer the excuse the less likely it's the truth.
ROBERT HALF
attributed, The Peace Officer's Companion
A private excuse will not atone for a public insult.
HAMID
attributed, Day's Collacon
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