426 Quotes About Excuses

For you, I am casting about for an excuse again.

The first attempt may fail, but it does not create room for excuses.

Excuses and complaints are signs of a dreamless life

Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses and start making changes.

I have an iron lung, and the dog keeps me from getting too close to magnets.[...]I have SARS. He's tallying the people I infect. [...]I'm nearsighted. He helps me read the road signs. [...]I'm a recovering alcoholic. The dog gets between me and a beer.[...]I have an irregular heartbeat and he's CPR certified. [...]Color-blind. He tells me when the traffic lights change. [...]He translates for my Spanish-speaking clients.[...]He's a chick magnet.[...]I'm a lawyer. He chases ambulances for me.

I attribute my success to this:—I never gave or took an excuse.

Complaining allows us to acknowledge the imperfect without having to take action- it lets us luxuriate in inertia.

Everyone kept telling me not to worry someone will do something. No one did so I became someone and did something.

The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs.