There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
— Nina Simone
Belligerent No Excuses quotations
had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young.

Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.
There may be people that have more talent than you,but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.

There's a difference between interest and commitment.
When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.
No, I make no pretension to patriotism.
So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.
Now is the time to alter our government.
Now is the time to stop the movement toward oligarchy. Now is the time to create a government which represents all Americans and not just the 1%... No more excuses. We must all become involved in the political process.

You can have results or excuses. Not both.
Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go.
Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.
I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.
Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges.
Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of obstacles. Along the way, make no excuses and place no blame.
Everyone has the ability to accomplish unique feats, everyone.
You choose this. Become someone great in one other life. Forget about failing to many. Who cares? Doesn't matter when you start or finish, just start, no deviations, no excuses.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Each day you're presented with a choice.
You can either keep your greatness hidden under a pile of fears, regrets, and excuses, or you can let it out. So the best way to begin unlocking inner greatness is to make a conscious choice to live out the rest of today, with the best you.
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out.
It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make or break, you no longer have the excuse of youth, and it is time to become an adult – but you are not ready.
I've always believed that anyone can achieve their dreams, regardless.
I've always had this attitude about no excuses. A belief that I can go on and do what I need to do. To go on, to succeed, regardless.

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.
There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.
No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian.
Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice.

It takes courage and intelligence, you know, to do the stages of Yoga right, and to start with this Hatha Yoga… It’s just you and nothing but you, standing in one spot frozen like a statue with no place to go for help or excuse or scapegoat except inward.
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.
Take off your coat." "Excuse me?" "Take it off." "No." "I want it off." "Then I suggest you hold your breath. Won't affect me in the slightest, but at least the suffocation will help pass the time for you. [Vishous to Jane]

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
I could not think of being unkind, even to a mortal enemy.
It would hurt me. I see so much unkindness in the world, and there is no excuse for me to add to it.
Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view build for themselves great monuments of nothing.
I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did.
That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.