Stop Making Excuses Quotes

• If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away,If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay. Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that's not meant to be.
  Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy..!

  Oprah Winfrey

  Men, Live Your Life, Trying

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• When are we going to stop making excuses for the terrorists and saying that somebody is making them do it? No, these are simply evil people who want to kill.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Evil People, Want, Excuse

  "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, July 28, 2005.

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• Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

  George Washington Carver

  Inspirational, Motivational, Badass

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• Commit to stop making excuses. When we make excuses, we lie to ourselves and continue bad habits.

  Joyce Meyer

  Lying, Excuse, Habit

  Twitter post from May 28, 2013

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• It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

  George Washington

  Motivational, Teacher, Honesty

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1839). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799”, p.201

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• Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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• The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

  O. J. Simpson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Sad, Men, Romance

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• What if i fail?" ...the more profound question is, "what if i never fail?" "Stop making excuses and start managing your fear.

  David Meerman Scott

  Profound, What If, Growth

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• When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.

  DJ Khaled

  Hard Work, Successful, Excuse

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• I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.

  Tony Abbott

  Thinking, Excuse, Prime

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• People who achieve great things are people who make choices. Far too many people today let life dictate their future instead of the other way around. Choices are hard - that's why so few actually make them. But as the saying goes - not to make a choice is to make a choice. When it comes to choices, The question is - what choices will you make today? The world doesn't care about your problems, or what's holding you back. They don't care about your past failures, or any other obstacles you face. Stop making excuses and start making choices.

  Phil Cooke

  Past, People, Choices

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• Your past doesn't define you. Only your present and your future. If your life is screwed up, stop making excuses. What are you going to do about it today?

  Ingrid Weir

  Life, Past, Today

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• We have to stop making excuses. One of the things that I'm careful to show is the horrendous effects of institutional and structural racism, but in the end, you can't wait for white man or a Black man to come riding in on a white horse to save you. We have to save ourselves, and that's the lesson of "The African Americans."

  Henry Louis Gates

  Horse, Men, White Man

  "Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 21, 2013.

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• The best meetings get real work done. When your people learn that your meetings actually accomplish something, they will stop making excuses to be elsewhere.

  Larry Constantine

  Teamwork, Real, People

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• Thus, the question of how and when to start vagabonding is not really a question at all. Vagabonding starts now. Even if the practical reality of travel is still months or years away, vagabonding begins the moment you stop making excuses, start saving money, and begin to look at maps with the narcotic tingle of possibility. From here, the reality of vagabonding comes into sharper focus as you adjust your worldview and begin to embrace the exhilarating uncertainty that true travel promises.

  Rolf Potts

  Reality, Years, Focus

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• [Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the stuff you have to do.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Stuff, Excuse, Adulthood

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