I never gave or took any excuse.
-Florence Nightingale
Quotations
Excuse
Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.
-Christian Friedrich Hebbel
There is no such thing as a list of reasons. There is either one sufficient reason or a list of excuses.
-Robert Brault
Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
-Kimberly Johnson
Bad excuses are worse than none.
-Thomas Fuller
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
-George Washington Carver
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
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Bill Rechin
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
-Brian Tracy
