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
Quotations
Excuse
Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.
-Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
-Kimberly Johnson
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Bill Rechin
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
-Benjamin Franklin
If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.
-Robert Brault
There is no such thing as a list of reasons. There is either one sufficient reason or a list of excuses.
-Robert Brault
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
-George Washington Carver
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
-Benjamin Franklin
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
-Brian Tracy
