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Quotes About Excuses

Life is a school those who concentrate make at last but fools are those find every reason to give excuses.
~ Unknown
If your life is a mess clean it up. THROW AWAY your excuses, SWEEP the negative people out of your life, FIX the problems that you CAN fix and PICK up the pieces of your life one at a time.
~ Unknown
I planted my hands on his chest and shoved, as hard as I could. Our land was one of grass and wheat. Tumbles should not hurt. I am making excuses. It was also a land of rocks. His head thudded dully against stone, and I saw the surprised pop of his eyes. The ground around him began to bleed.
~ Madeline Miller
Sabes?- dijo sentándose-, tiene gracia, todos encontramos buenas excusas para no permitirnos amar, por miedo a sufrir, por miedo a que un día nos abandonen. Y, sin embargo, cuánto amamos la vida, pese a saber que algún día nos abandonará.
~ Marc Levy
It is easy to find a logical and virtuous reason for not doing what you don't want to do.
~ John Steinbeck
Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry...Whatever you do, it will be you who do it-not your mother.
~ John Steinbeck
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian.
~ John Updike
When you blame others you are trying to excuse yourself. When you make excuses you can't properly evaluate yourself. Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.
~ John Wooden
Postponement: The father of failure.
~ Elbert Hubbard
We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.
~ Kyle Maynard
Procrastination is One of those Excuses, Born of Fear, that we Use to Keep Ourselves Stuck
~ Wayne Dyer
Beneath every excuse lies a fear. Practice being fearless.
~ Robin Sharma
If someone wants to be in your life they will find you. If they don't they will find an excuse.
~ Shannon L. Alder
Blaming is just another sorry excuse, and making excuses is the first step towards failure
~ Unknown
Responsibility finds a way. Irresponsibilty makes excuses!
~ Unknown
Your mistakes should be your motivation, not your excuses.
~ Unknown
Responsibility is the key to creating the life you desire. You have the ability to respond in any way you want to. In order to take responsibility for your life and situation, make sure you eliminate any excuses you might have.
~ Michael Barbarulo
Human beings have used their incredible abilities to develop a staggering array of limiting beliefs, justifications and excuses for every occasion. What a waste!
~ Robert White
Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.
~ Unknown
You can turn your pains into wisdom or use them as excuses to get worse.
~ Terry Mark
Mistakes are made, apologies are made, decisions are made, excuses are made, and now your best is made... lie in it.
~ Unknown
I'm trying to make excuses for being tired and cranky - but it's all me. Master of my own sleep deprivation.
~ Unknown
for want of feeling or immorality, once confessed, simplify life as effectively as loose morals: they remove the need to find excuses for blameworthy actions, and transform them into obligations of sincerity
~ Marcel Proust
The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.
~ Margaret George