There is no such thing as a list of reasons. There is either one sufficient reason or a list of excuses.
-Robert Brault
Quotations
Excuse
Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Bill Rechin
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Don Wilder
The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses.
-Amit Abraham
I never gave or took any excuse.
-Florence Nightingale
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
-Thomas Stephen Szasz
"The Second Sin"
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
-George Washington
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
-Brian Tracy
