The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Excuse
Bad excuses are worse than none.
-Thomas Fuller
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
-Benjamin Franklin
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Don Wilder
Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.
-William Arthur Ward
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
-Brian Tracy
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
-Kimberly Johnson
We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.
-François De La Rochefoucauld
The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses.
-Amit Abraham
