quotations about excuses
For many have but one resource to sustain them in their misery, and that is to think, "Circumstances have been against me, I was worthy to be something much better than I have been. I admit I have never had a great love or a great friendship; but that is because I never met a man or a woman who were worthy of it; if I have not written any very good books, it is because I had not the leisure to do so; or, if I have had no children to whom I could devote myself it is because I did not find the man I could have lived with. So there remains within me a wide range of abilities, inclinations and potentialities, unused but perfectly viable, which endow me with a worthiness that could never be inferred from the mere history of my actions." But in reality and for the existentialist, there is no love apart from the deeds of love; no potentiality of love other than that which is manifested in loving; there is no genius other than that which is expressed in works of art.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
Existentialism Is a Humanism
At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free
The manly man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never for himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
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
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
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
FRENCH PROVERB
The longer the excuse the less likely it's the truth.
ROBERT HALF
attributed, The Peace Officer's Companion
Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them.
BEN JONSON
Catiline
No one ever excused his way to success.
DAVE DEL DOTTO
attributed, Quotable Quotes
The dog ate my notebook with all my good excuses.
MINDEE ARNETT
The Nightmare Affair
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
A private excuse will not atone for a public insult.
HAMID
attributed, Day's Collacon
Our culture has become so tolerant of excuses that the difference between a reason and an excuse is not likely to be easily noticed. By obscuring the difference between the two, we unwittingly act as though our actions have no reasons, or that the only acceptable reason is one in which someone must look bad.
CHRISTOPHER PETERSON & TRACY A. STEEN
"Optimistic Explanatory Style", Handbook of Positive Psychology
The best excuse is to have none.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
An excuse has been defined as the skin of reason stuffed with a lie.
MICHAEL GREEN
Illustrations for Biblical Preaching
The archer that shoots ill has a lie ready.
SPANISH PROVERB
Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure.
AMERICAN PROVERB
The man who wants to do it finds a way; the man who doesn't finds an excuse.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above!
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
ALDOUS HUXLEY
Point Counter Point