quotations about excuses
A private excuse will not atone for a public insult.
HAMID
attributed, Day's Collacon
No one ever excused his way to success.
DAVE DEL DOTTO
attributed, Quotable Quotes
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
I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin.
ERROL MORRIS
New York Observer, Sep. 29, 2003
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 dog ate my notebook with all my good excuses.
MINDEE ARNETT
The Nightmare Affair
An excuse has been defined as the skin of reason stuffed with a lie.
MICHAEL GREEN
Illustrations for Biblical Preaching
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
Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them.
BEN JONSON
Catiline
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
FRENCH PROVERB
At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free
Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure.
AMERICAN PROVERB
The best excuse is to have none.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
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
The longer the excuse the less likely it's the truth.
ROBERT HALF
attributed, The Peace Officer's Companion
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 archer that shoots ill has a lie ready.
SPANISH PROVERB
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
ALDOUS HUXLEY
Point Counter Point
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