#excuses

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

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Several excuses are always less convincing than one. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

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If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

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I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the time: 'Well, there's gonna be an orchestra on it.' Rather than make excuses, wait 'til it's finished, and then they can say they don't like it. ↗

— Chris Lowe

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It's not the time to look for excuses. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#look #time

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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