He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Excuse
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Don Wilder
Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Bad excuses are worse than none.
-Thomas Fuller
Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.
-Christian Friedrich Hebbel
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.
-William Arthur Ward
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
-Thomas Stephen Szasz
"The Second Sin"
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
-Brian Tracy
There is no such thing as a list of reasons. There is either one sufficient reason or a list of excuses.
-Robert Brault
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Bill Rechin
