Excuses Quotes
186 quotes
"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it."
"At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets."
"Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success."
"The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses."
"We may place blame, give reasons, and even have excuses; but in the end, it is an act of cowardice to not follow your dreams."
"Part of being of a true existentialist is wanting to be what we make ourselves be by the way we choose to act, as opposed to making excuses for the way we act and regretting it."
"It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success."
John C. Maxwell, The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
"Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have NEVER gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams. Let go of your nonsense. Let go of the delusion that you DESERVE better and go EARN it! Today is a new day!"
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
"victimnoun \ˈvik-təm\ 1. The moment you tell everyone you have a mental disorder, in order to excuse your behavior."
"An excuse will not wake up early"
"Don’t blame others. it won’t make you a better person."
Lolly Daskal, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
"Uncomplicate it. Don’t make excuses. Some of life’s biggest heartaches come from missed opportunities and lame excuses. Don’t miss out on what could be the best chapter in your life because you’re too busy rereading the last one."
"Darkness should never be an excuse to quit, for with God, darkness is the exact stuff that light was built for."
"A life filled with excuses is defeated, unproductive, and miserable."
"When you were making excuses someone else was making enterprise."
"we were not born the same and we are all not born with the same abilities and capabilities, but no matter what seed God has given to us, be it small or big, He expects a good returns from us in the end and we must endeavor to be good stewards and managers of our abilities and capabilities regardless of where we live and the challenges we face!"
"we were not born the same, we are all not born with the same abilities and capabilities, but no matter what seed God has given to us, be it small or big, He expects a good returns from us in the end and we must endeavor to be good stewards and managers of our abilities and capabilities regardless of where we live and the challenges we face!"
"Don't stop believing,Don't be afraid of change,Don't underestimate yourself,Don't make excuses,Don't cheat yourself,Don't ever ever STOP!"
"Success involves avoiding the lure of making excuses."
"If you love someone, if you think you could make them happy for the rest of your life together, then nothing should stop you. You should be prepared to take them as they are and deal with the consequences. Relationships aren't neat and clean - they're ugly and messy, and they make almost no sense except to the two people in them. If you truly love someone, you accept the circumstances, you don't hide behind them"
"Stop making excuses. You are not missing the tools to do what you want to do, you are missing the drive to get it done. Get started. Just a little bit every day and watch it all start to come your way. Good luck. - Avina Celeste"
"Stop making excuses. You are not missing the tools to do what you want to do, you are missing the drive to get it done. Get started. Just a little bit every day and watch it all start to come your way. Good luck."
"If you haven't arrived yet, keep driving, your destiny is waiting for you."
"Getting defensive doesn't hide the fact that you know you could have done better. Stop putting your energy into your excuses."
"Procrastination and excuses really have the energy to make your picture small and blurred if you offer them that image!"
"Someone may have all the technical knowledge, scientific intellect and business know-how but when he/she decides to choose laziness, excuses, procrastination, complaining and other bad attitudes, his/her relevance is meaningless."
"Your mind can find all the excuses why your dreams are not possible but you will not be able to fight with your mind the stronger pull of your heart.(from The Amazing You movie)"
"If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time to pursue them is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses."
"An archer must never blame a target for missing it."
"We ache with the yearningthat turns half into wholeand offer no excusesfor the beauty of our souls."
"How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience."
"Stop making excuses and start making history."
"There was always a screen behind which one could hide— a superior who in turn had his superior— orders, instructions, duties, commands— and finally the many-headed monster, morale, necessity, hard reality, responsibility, or whatever it was called— there was always a screen behind which to evade the simple law of humanity."
Erich Maria Remarque, Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
"You can either go home with enough money or enough excuses, but not both!"
"To become a better you, be diligent and never let the charms of procrastination and excuses seduce you to fall for mediocrity."
"Whatever you do, don’t make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the ventilation shaft, Lina told herself."
"Excuses cost you more than they buy you."
"When you lay down with neglect & sleep around with excuses, you wake up with failure...When you marry your goals & remain intimate with your vision, you'll give birth to your dreams."
"Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do."
"Blame is a choice that doesn't give you directions out of hell."
"Regardless of the difficulties we may face individually, in our families, in our communities and in our nation, the old adage is still true - you can make excuses or you can make progress, but you cannot make both!"
"An uninspired mind creates a lack of energy for the body, resulting in a lack of performance filled with excuses."
Farshad Asl, The "No Excuses" Mindset: A Life of Purpose, Passion, and Clarity
"Stop making excuses for other people. For why they do certain things. For how they treat people or how they treat you. Giving excuse and justifcation gives defense which lets them act however they want. It allows them because you tolerated it. Don’t accept less than what you’re worth because you’re worth a lot."
"I didn't do anything wrong. I swear.'He grunted. 'Like I've never heard that before. Funny, but I expected a little more originality from Moira's daughter.''Yeah, well, the dog ate my notebook with all my good excuses."
"Change makers take risks and are ready to die for excellence than to give excuses and live for mediocrity."
"Suicide is a confession of failure. And like divorce, it is shrouded in excuses and rationalizations spun endlessly to disguise the simple fact that all one's energy, passion, appetite and ambition have been aborted."
"Laziness is when your sleep overcomes your passion, not under the influence of drugs but under the control of excuses and procrastination!"
"Some people are severely lonely, all they can do is accept the single life as an example of being free and happy."
"Don't let reality, get in way of your dreams."
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