quotations about excuses
An excuse is a lie stuffed into the skin of a reason.
MILTON JONES
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Leadership Paradigms
Our culture has become so tolerant of excuses that the difference between a reason and an excuse is not likely to be easily noticed. By obscuring the difference between the two, we unwittingly act as though our actions have no reasons, or that the only acceptable reason is one in which someone must look bad.
CHRISTOPHER PETERSON & TRACY A. STEEN
"Optimistic Explanatory Style", Handbook of Positive Psychology
The evildoer never lacks excuses.
ITALIAN PROVERB
There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.
GEORGE SAVILE
Moral Thoughts and Reflections
At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
FRENCH PROVERB
The best excuse is to have none.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
JOHN WOODEN
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
I attribute my success to this--I never gave or took any excuse.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
attributed, Quote Junkie
Excuses never excuse. They just repeat the crime that required the excuse in the first place.
PAUL DE MAN
Political Archive of Paul de Man
Any excuse will serve when one has not a mind to do a thing.
GUICCIARDINI
attributed, Day's Collacon
Some of life's biggest heartaches come from missed opportunities and lame excuses. Don't miss out on what could be the best chapter in your life because you're too busy rereading the last one.
KANDI STEINER
Song Chaser
An excuse has been defined as the skin of reason stuffed with a lie.
MICHAEL GREEN
Illustrations for Biblical Preaching
A private excuse will not atone for a public insult.
HAMID
attributed, Day's Collacon
The archer that shoots ill has a lie ready.
SPANISH PROVERB
The longer the excuse the less likely it's the truth.
ROBERT HALF
attributed, The Peace Officer's Companion
Your explanation is good, but your herring doesn't fry, as we say in Ramaldah.
ANDREW ASHLING
The Invisible Chains
Excuses are like exit signs on the road of progress. They take us off track ... it's easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success.
JOHN C. MAXWELL
Talent is Never Enough Workbook
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
ALDOUS HUXLEY
Point Counter Point
Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above!
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You