I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
Florence Nightingale
Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time or the money to do it right.
Kurt Alder
99% of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George Washington Carver
People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.
Mary Poole
Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don't reach desired destinations.
Malcom Forbes
The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the indolent, seeing only the apparent effects of things and not the things themselves, talk of luck, of fortune, and chance.
James Allen
This is the source.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame on others, or argue that circumstances were against us. But we only progress in life to the extent that we take responsibility for our actions and attitudes, and put forth the initiative necessary to create our own circumstances.
Stephen Covey
Everybody's had disappointments, and anyone can rationalize his actions. But none of that matters. Blaming other people for your condition is a total waste of time.
Betty Ford
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Fixable but unfixed bad performance is bad character and tends to create more of itself, causing more damage to the excuse giver with each tolerated instance.
Charlie Munger
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