Excuse Quotes - Page 35

• In order to be a winner, you have to look for ways of getting things done and not for reasons why things can’t be done. People who live with excuses have things that can’t be done hovering around them all the time.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Order, People, Hovering

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• You are not made of metaphors,
  Not apologies, not excuses.

  Sarah Kay

  Apology, Metaphor, Made

  Sarah Kay (2016). “The Type”, p.13, Hachette UK

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• Trash? The only trash I see here are two little boys lost at sea and a pathetic excuse for a seaworthy vessel!

  Davy Jones

  Boys, Sea, Two

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• There has always been excuses for wars, but NONE of them have been good or valid.

  Cindy Sheehan

  War, Has Beens

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• More often than not, the only thing between you and your dream is a rational excuse.

  Mark Batterson

  Dream, Rational, Your Dreams

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.144, Multnomah

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• Last time I went Intercity there were a couple across the aisle having sex. Of course, this being a British train, nobody said anything. Then they finished, they both lit up a cigarette and this woman stood up and said, Excuse me, I think you'll find this is a non-smoking compartment.

  Victoria Wood

  Funny, Sex, Couple

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• The American teacher stands on the front lines of poverty and inequity that our fellow Americans refuse to acknowledge, on the front lines of the real social condition of our nation–not the advertised one–and we stand together. When we look over our shoulders, there’s no one there backing us up. The rest of the army is off pretending there is no fight to be had here, no excuses to be made, no hardships to decry, no supply lines to worry about, that things in American society are just hunky-dory outside of the fact that the teachers just don’t care enough

  John Kuhn

  Teacher, Real, Fighting

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• Be a pro. • Act like a champion. • Respond to adversity; don’t react. • Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important to you or you can’t be relied upon. • Execute. Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. Not almost. All the way. Not most of the time. All of the time. • Take ownership. Whatever it takes. No excuses, no explanations.

  Tony Dungy

  Adversity, Mean, Champion

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• Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Principles, Wells

  1896 Waiter to Fergus Crampton. You Never Can Tell, act 2.

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• Excuses are like rear ends. Everybody has one and they stink.

  Tom Curle

  Sports, Psychology, Stink

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• There are some people who, in order not to pray use as an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that it prevents us from praying. This cannot be. Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer. It is not necessary to always be in meditation, nor to consciously experience the sensation that we are talking to God, no matter how nice that would be. What matters is being with Him, living in Him, in His will. To love with a pure heart, to love everybody, especially to live the poor, is a twenty-four hour prayer.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Prayer, Nice

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• Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beauty, Eye, Sky

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.447, Penguin

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• For much of my life I floundered under the excuse of "nobody's perfect," the liberating and over-used phrase that affords guys like me the freedom to pile up sins in a careless and unchecked way. Ironically, being perfect is precisely what we are called to be!

  Tarek Saab

  Perfect, Guy, Catholic

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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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• Firefly: Where is your husband? Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead. Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse. Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end. Firefly: Hmmph. No wonder he passed away. Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him. Firefly: Oh I see. Then, it was murder.

  Groucho Marx

  Husband, Firefly, Arms

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• We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Business, Men, Evil

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.45, Penguin

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• Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should replace it by a more modest and more realistic principle - the principle that the fight against avoidable misery should be a recognized aim of public policy, while the increase of happiness should be left, in the main, to private initiative.

  Karl Popper

  Happiness, Fighting, Inner Peace

  Karl Popper (2014). “Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge”, p.465, Routledge

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• Refuse to make excuses or blame others. The leader always says, If it's to be, it's up to me.

  Brian Tracy

  Leadership, Blame, Refuse

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Effective Leadership”, p.8, Jaico Publishing House

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• It's hogwash to say drunkenness is no excuse for crime... Wherever mind altering drugs are on sale to the public, we should expect mind altered behaviour from the public.

  Steve Fowler

  Drug, Mind, Hogwash

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• Join the bold, the brazen, the unintimidated. Join not having excuses. Join the idea that fun is the source of all joy. Join the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome. Join your gut. Join the constant challenge of seeking greatness. Join play. Join the hunger to find what makes you happy. Join karma and nature and the effect you have on your world. Join your philosophy. Join something bigger than you. Join what you believe.

  Bode Miller

  Karma, Giving Up, Fun

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• Allyson Smith reminds me of a younger, prettier, funnier me. Now if you'll excuse me, the ladies from my bridge club have arrived.

  Stewart Francis

  Bridges, Clubs, Ifs

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• A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.

  Marcus Mumford

  Heart, Air, People

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• Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.

  Temple Grandin

  Common Sense, Autism, Too Much

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• Sanctified ignorance is the belief that if we love God and have committed our lives to Him, everything will work out…Sanctified ignorance is no excuse for a life out of alignment, lacking joy, fulfillment, and a clear sense of accomplishment…Look at how God has uniquely gifted you in your skills and abilities, personality traits, and values, dreams and passions. It is in these that we find the authentic path designed for us for a purpose-driven life.

  Dan Miller

  Dream, Passion, Ignorance

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• Never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair, just prove yourself by working twice as hard and being twice as good.

  Amy Chua

  Complaining, Unfair, Proving Yourself

  Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, Bloomsbury Publishing

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