Excuse Quotes - Page 40

• Don't let where you are be an excuse not to grow.

  Joel Osteen

  Advice, Where You Are, Grows

  Twitter post from Jul 22, 2013

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• The man of genius knows what he is aiming at; nobody else knows. And he alone knows when something comes between him and his object. In the course of generations, however, men will excuse you for not doing as they do, if you will bring enough to pass in your own way.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Excuse You, Generations

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.204, Courier Corporation

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• 'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.

  William Arthur Ward

  Affirmation, Loser, Winner

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• Joe Calzaghe was using the excuse, no one knows who I am in America. Now everyone knows who I am in America.

  Carl Froch

  Motivation, Who I Am, America

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• Slow, steady progress is better than fast, daily excuses.

  Robin Sharma

  Progress, Steady, Steady Progress

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Aug 22, 2013

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• Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met...I can say that the most beautiful and natural expressions of joy which I have seen in my life were in poor people who had little to hold on to.

  Pope Francis

  Beautiful, Expression, People

  "Evangelii Gaudium". Book by Pope Francis, w2.vatican.va. November 24, 2013.

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• Even good excuses, really good ones, don't help very much.
  Explanations, on the other hand, are both scarce and useful.
  And accurate forecasts and insightful intuition are priceless.

  Seth Godin

  Hands, Insightful, Intuition

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• The god excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument.

  George Carlin

  Men, Answers, Lasts

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

  Tony Abbott

  Thinking, Prime, Ministers

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• The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, People, Australian

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• The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government should get on with the job of effectively running the country and not making excuses for poor performance, not lowering expectations. Their job is to deliver on their election commitments.

  Tony Abbott

  Running, Country, Jobs

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• Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

  Tony Abbott

  Jobs, Government, Looks

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• I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.

  Tony Abbott

  Thinking, Australia, Listening

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• Today, we have got more excuses from the government.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, Today

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• More excuses for more failures.

  Tony Abbott

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• Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, Here We Go Again, Situation

  "PM flags tax hikes". "Lateline", www.abc.net.au. April 29, 2013.

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• I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you like, no surprises, no excuses. That will be the motto of an incoming Coalition government. No surprises, no excuses.

  Tony Abbott

  Running, Government, Want

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• Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect from us. No surprises, no excuses. They will be our watch words going into the election and afterwards, should we form a government.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, Australia, People

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• And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.

  Tony Abbott

  Commitment, Government, People

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• We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.

  Tony Abbott

  Games, Done, Blame

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• We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, No Excuses, Surprise

  "Tony Abbott calls on PM to 'name the date'". "7.30 Report" with Chris Uhlmann, www.abc.net.au. July 8, 2013.

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• There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, No Excuses, Surprise

  "Insiders" with Barrie Cassidy, www.abc.net.au. September 1, 2013.

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• There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.

  Tony Abbott

  No Excuses, Surprise, Said

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• So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

  Tony Abbott

  Government, Week, Swear

  Tony Abbott's victory speech, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2013.

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• A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

  Tony Abbott

  Mean, Government

  "'We've fundamentally honoured core commitments' says Tony Abbott". "7.30 Report" with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. December 4, 2014.

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