Excuse Quotes - Page 3

Attaining a PhD is just an excuse that all young women are using nowadays to avoid starting families.

The only thing an excuse gives you is an option out of the life you'd like to live.

The greatest obstacle is simply this: the belief that we cannot change because we are dependent on what is wrong. That is the addict's excuse.

You are not made of metaphors, Not apologies, not excuses.

A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.

Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

No excuses. Just do the work.

There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing signified.

When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.

If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses.

Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.

When I hear excuses muttered from another, I'm reminded to stop repeating those of my own.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

If all you do is make excuses, then that is how people see you. Make your strengths visible.

Life is what you make of it. Don't make excuses - make it happen.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Excuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself.

Those that say that individuals are not capable of changing anything are only looking for excuses.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

Blaming others is excusing yourself.

Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude.

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.

You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.

Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.

In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes.