Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.
-Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Quotations
Excuse
Bad excuses are worse than none.
-Thomas Fuller
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 absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
-Benjamin Franklin
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.
-William Arthur Ward
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
-Bill Rechin
Using, as an excuse, others’ failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
-George Washington Carver
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
-Brian Tracy
The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses.
-Amit Abraham
