The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Excuse
Bad excuses are worse than none.
-Thomas Fuller
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.
-William Arthur Ward
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
-George Washington
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Don Wilder
Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.
-Christian Friedrich Hebbel
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
The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses.
-Amit Abraham
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
-Brian Tracy
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
-Thomas Stephen Szasz
"The Second Sin"
