Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. — Plutarch
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use, Their knavery and folly to excuse. — Charles Churchill
The reality of it, excuse me, is when you're in the public they already have a perception of you, ... And that can be a… — Joe Namath
Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional. — John C. Maxwell
Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of classing supposedly excellent… — Alfred Stieglitz
Auctions are bizarre combinations of slave market, trading floor, theatre and burlesque... a lot of people are going to be making a lot of excuses… — Jerry Saltz
Often your 'fixes' are actually removing capabilities that you had, because they were 'too confusing to the user'. GNOME seems to be developed by interface… — Linus Torvalds
Every night I vow to work out in the morning. For the past three years, however, I have always found an excuse not to. — Matthew Vaughn
September 11 definitely opened our eyes, but when I was 19 or whatever on the last record, we just didn't care about anything. We were… — Deryck Whibley
Excuses excuse us from fulfilling our potential. — Rhonda Britten
I am accountable for all the actions at my laboratory. I am accountable for all of the policies and procedures of security systems, and I… — John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and intimidations,… — Daniel Fried
We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
She lives a sophisticate's life among worldly people. At the slightest excuse she steps out of civilization, naked and relieved, as I should step out… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Some of you may ask, ?Is there a single ordinance to be dispensed with? Is there one of the commandments that God has enjoined upon… — Brigham Young
The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death. — Stella Adler
There is no excuse-and we should call a spade a spade-for chemical companies and oil refineries using our major rivers as pipelines for toxic waste.… — Lyndon B. Johnson
There is really no reason to suffer. The only reason you suffer is because you choose to suffer. If you look at your life you… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, "I… — Epictetus
The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior. — Judith Martin
Make excuses to train not excuses not to train! — Brock Larson
Once I stopped with the excuses, my life has changed. There's no reason for me to lose any more. — Travis Browne
It doesn't matter how bad things are, something good could happen always. And it doesn't matter how many excuses you have for behaving in an… — Viggo Mortensen
Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing. — Orrin Woodward
When a leader buys his own excuses, he also, unfortunately, sells them to his team. — Orrin Woodward

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