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Quotes about Excuses

Shake off the self-pity. Don't make excuses. Don't blame the past. Don't blame your parents. Don't blame your circumstances. They may be the reason you are where you are, but that doesn't give you the right to stay there.
— Joel Osteen
were created to excel. There is potential in you right now just waiting to come out. You have gifts that will cause new doors to open, talent that will bring new opportunities. Get rid of low expectations. Quit making excuses to settle where you are.
— Joel Osteen
The odds may be against you, but the Most High God is for you. His favor on your life will cause you to go where you could not go on your own. If you're going to be a barrier breaker, you have to get rid of excuses. If you're going to be a barrier breaker, you have to get rid of excuses.
— Joel Osteen
Don't give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.
— Joyce Meyer
Law of the Alibi: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
— Anonymous
Desperation is God's hammer: It demolishes the stronghold of fear and shatters the chains of our excuses. When desperation exceeds our fears, progress begins.
— Francis Frangipane
In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference.
— John Calvin
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
— George Washington
In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.
— CS Lewis
Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.
— Robin Sharma
Later is where excuses live. Later is where good intentions go to die. Later is a broken back and a bent spirit. Later says "all-nighters are temporary until we've got this figured out." Unlikely. Make the change now.
— Jason Fried
She gave so many reasons that I've forgotten them all.
— Edith Wharton