Quotes About Excuses

A person that is good for making excuses ain't good for anything else.

Your life begins, where your excuses ends.

The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.

It's amazing as women how many excuses we make when a guy doesn't call or text. It's unbelievable.

Don't stop believing, Don't be afraid of change, Don't underestimate yourself, Don't make excuses, Don't cheat yourself, Don't ever ever STOP!

It's easy to give up. It's even easier to start pointing fingers.

If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

big proclamations about honor are really just excuses invented to let people kill each other with a clear conscience.

Wang-mu was surprised to hear Peter sound so oriental. The American way was to make excuses, to stay and argue.

Humans are very proud of their changes, but every imagined transformation turns out to be a new set of excuses for behaving exactly as the individual has always behaved.> <

He always ran away from the battle with himself. Even in his own heart's privacy, he excused himself, saying, If she hadn't said so-and-so, it would never have happened.

He made me question what was, when for a whole lifetime up till that moment, I accepted the world's excuses.

When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses.

Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions.

God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel.

Man goes to great lengths to avoid his own responsibility.

Susan was already rehearsing excuses in case she was caught: I just got my period and I was looking for a tissue to stuff in my underpants. Men didn't question menstruation stories. Ever. You could probably get into the White House if you said you needed a tampon ASAP.

Don't look for excuses to lose. Look for excuses to win.

when I stopped lying to myself, stopped trying to make excuses for her. It was as if I woke up from some feverish dream and found myself locked into a nightmare.

Faith's table is always laid, whether the invited guest sits down or stays away with a thousand excuses and pretexts.

You can make excuses or you can get the job done, but you can't do both.

Author Edward Johnson neatly labels such cop-outs as the pussyfooting passive.

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.