Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.
-Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Quotations
Excuse
Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses.
-Amit Abraham
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
-George Washington
I never gave or took any excuse.
-Florence Nightingale
If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.
-Robert Brault
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
If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!
-Adolf Hitler
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
