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Famous No Excuses Quotes

Excuses are for people who don't want it bad enough. — Gary Brecka

Excuses are the crutches of the uncommitted. - A. R. Bernard

Excuses are the crutches of the uncommitted. — A. R. Bernard

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets. — Steve Maraboli

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. — George Washington

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses. - Bruce Nauman

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses. — Bruce Nauman

Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view build for themselves great monuments of nothing. — Steven Grayhm

You can have results or excuses. Not both. - Arnold Schwarzenegger

You can have results or excuses. Not both. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable. - Zig Ziglar

Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable. — Zig Ziglar

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. — Benjamin Franklin

Today's excuses are tomorrow's regrets dressed in disguise. - Steven Furtick

Today's excuses are tomorrow's regrets dressed in disguise. — Steven Furtick

99% of failures come from people who make excuses. — George Washington

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. — Jim Rohn

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. - Rudyard Kipling

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. — Rudyard Kipling

Do not give power to your excuses. Own your circumstances, because no one else will. — Alex Hormozi

Stop making excuses for why you can’t do something and start finding reasons why you can. — Steven Bartlett

Short No Excuses Quotes

  • Blaming others is nothing more than excusing yourself. — Robin Sharma
  • Good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get things done. — Jocko Willink
  • Blaming others is excusing yourself. — Robin Sharma
  • I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else. — Benjamin Franklin
  • Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. — Brian Tracy
  • History will never accept difficulties as an excuse. — John F. Kennedy
  • Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. — George Washington Carver
  • When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful. — DJ Khaled
  • The best diet is the “no excuses” diet and the best workout is the “man up” workout. — Naval Ravikant
  • Life is what you make of it. Don't make excuses - make it happen. — Chamillionaire

Top 10 No Excuses Quotes

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. — Nina Simone

had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young. — Kenny Chesney

Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them - John Bosco

Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them — John Bosco

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. — Fulton J. Sheen

There may be people that have more talent than you,but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do. — Derek Jeter

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself. — Deepak Chopra

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. — Kobe Bryant

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. — Ray Bourque

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. — Jurgen Habermas

No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. — A. A. Milne

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No excuses quote Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.
Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.

Make No Excuses Quotes

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. — Lewis Howes

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. — Helen Mirren

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. — Condoleezza Rice

No excuses quote When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort, not an excuse.
When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort, not an excuse.

We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror. — Karl Marx

We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses. — Kyle Maynard

Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life. — Haruki Murakami

No excuses quote Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth. — Feisal Abdul Rauf

Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he died by one kind or another - the classification is for the advantage of the lawyers. — Ambrose Bierce

Tell the truth. Do your best no matter how trivial the task. Choose the difficult right over the easy wrong. Look out for the group before you look out for yourself. Don't whine or make excuses. Judge others by their actions and not by their race or other characteristics. — James F. Amos

The nicest people fall in love indiscriminately ... while under the influence of that pre-eminently selfish lunacy they may make the most outrageous demands upon their friends with no other excuse than their painful need. — Margery Allingham

There Are No Excuses Quotes

With my fighters, there's no excuses like, 'Hey, listen, he's a dumb guy. Came from the mean streets of somewhere. He's just not all that bright.' These are educated guys, most of them went to college, they have families, children, etc. These are smart, rational people I'm dealing with. — Dana White

I think it is important that independent government agencies be put in charge of investigating misconduct so that police departments are no longer allowed to police themselves. There is a conflict of interest there which, I believe, allows police to excuse their own behavior. — Bernie Sanders

The President has once again failed us. Millions of Americans are at risk of going without the flu vaccine this year because the administration failed to act proactively to ensure an adequate supply. There is simply no excuse for this. — Jon Corzine

No excuses quote You can have results or excuses. Not both.
You can have results or excuses. Not both.

The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others — Iain Banks

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency. — Edward Snowden

There’s no tipping point where you become what you are. Character development starts when you’re growing up. Your socioeconomic background contributes. The attitude that gets you through some communities doesn’t work in corporate America. It’s not an excuse, but it does help explain — Maurice Clarett

No excuses quote If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse

Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses. — Nick Park

It's no fun to lose, ... We haven't lost in a while and now we get to remember what it feels like. Everybody wants to be undefeated and that's what we wanted. There are no excuses. — Mark Richt

There are no excuses. There are no good reasons. — Eric Thomas

The rich landlord is he who collects with sternness, who accepts no excuse, and will have his own. There are moments of irritation and of real bitterness against him, but there is still admiration, because he is rich and successful. — Jane Addams

Inspirational No Excuses Quotes

Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can. — Ashleigh Brilliant

When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. — Ken Blanchard

I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses. — Jim Rohn

No excuses quote Live with no excuses and love with no regrets.
Live with no excuses and love with no regrets.

As long as we have Netfix, Turner Classic Movies, Amazon, YouTube, and bookstores, there is no excuse ever to lack inspiration. — Tim Gunn

If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses. — Holly Lisle

The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It's time to change. It's time to live life at a new level. — Tony Robbins

No Excuse Quotes

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. — Ida B. Wells

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. — Ken Blanchard

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. — Bernie Sanders

No excuses quote I attribute my success to this I never gave or took any excuse.
I attribute my success to this I never gave or took any excuse.

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. — Tom Platz

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. — Kyle Maynard

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful. - William Morris

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful. — William Morris

No excuses quote Your excuses are just the lies your fears have sold you.
Your excuses are just the lies your fears have sold you.

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. — John Updike

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. — Ani DiFranco

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. — Bikram Choudhury

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] — J.R. Ward

Stop Making Excuses Quotes

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top. — O. J. Simpson

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay. — Oprah Winfrey

Commit to stop making excuses. When we make excuses, we lie to ourselves and continue bad habits. — Joyce Meyer

No excuses quote If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not you'll find an excuse.
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not you'll find an excuse.

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

What if i fail?" ...the more profound question is, "what if i never fail?" "Stop making excuses and start managing your fear. — David Meerman Scott

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

No excuses quote Excuses are the rocks where our dreams are crushed.
Excuses are the rocks where our dreams are crushed.

Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes. — Roy Bennett

If [Eva Braun] was crying upstairs, it wouldn't be long before [Adolf] Hitler would quietly excuse himself and then make things right. What he said to her, I don't know. Whether he said the words "I'm sorry," I don't know. But he was a charmer, he knew how to stop a woman from crying. — Gretl Braun

Your past doesn't define you. Only your present and your future. If your life is screwed up, stop making excuses. What are you going to do about it today? — Ingrid Weir

[Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the stuff you have to do. — Marilyn vos Savant

Making Excuses Quotes

People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones. — LeCrae

Never make excuses for someone who disrespects you-who they are or what they do isn't a pass to treat you like trash! — Trent Shelton

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience. — Oprah Winfrey

No excuses quote Excuses don't construct monuments. Action does.
Excuses don't construct monuments. Action does.

How does Satan mislead us? By misquoting Scripture. By leading us astray. By getting us to make excuses instead of repenting. — John Hagee

Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy. — Democritus

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses. — John Wooden

Islamophobia has become so mainstream in this country that Americans have been trained to expect violence against Muslims - not excuse it, but expect it. And that's happened because you have an Islamophobia industry in this country devoted to making Americans think there's an enemy within. — Reza Aslan

Our challenge in life is to use the abilities we have, and to compensate for the abilities we don’t have. Successful people compensate for what they don’t have. Unsuccessful people make excuses, blame everyone else and never get past the deficiencies. — Tim Grover

Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen. — Ralph Marston

Excuse Quotes

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. — Jim Rohn

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy. — Thurgood Marshall

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. — William Arthur Ward

The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses. — Al-Ghazali

My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom. — Fela Kuti

Very often people who admit the facts, who are willing to see that Mr. Rockefeller has employed force and fraud to secure his ends, justify him by declaring, 'It's business.' That is, 'it's business' has come to be a legitimate excuse for hard dealing, sly tricks, special privileges. — Ida Tarbell

If you are not the victim, don't examine it entirely from your point of view because when YOU'RE not the victim, it becomes pretty easy to rationalize and excuse cruelty, injustice, inequality, slavery, and even murder. But when you're the victim, things look a lot differently from that angle. — Gary Yourofsky

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy. — Shane Koyczan

I Don't Think There's A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I'm Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain, Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You're Alive Is By How Much Pain You're Experiencing, Or How Little. — Jerry Garcia

Excuse me: I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town. - John Mulaney

Excuse me: I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town. — John Mulaney

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More No Excuses Quotes

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. — Frederick Douglass

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. — Rigoberta Menchu

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. — Kevin Plank

Resveratrol had a decent benefit when the mice were obese and sedentary. The mice that were fed a lean diet and resveratrol lived significantly longer than other treated mice as well as those that had no healthy diet and no resveratrol. So resveratrol is not an excuse to be lazy or eat whatever you want. — David Sinclair

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. — Paramahansa Yogananda

You should realize that this is such a short and precious life that it’s really important that you don’t spend it being unhappy. There’s no excuse for spending most of your life in misery. You’ve only got 70 years out of the 50 billion or so that the universe is going to be around. — Naval Ravikant

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. — Chris Rock

The Bible says all men are without excuse. Even those who are given no good reason to believe and many persuasive reasons to disbelieve have no excuse, because the ultimate reason they do not believe is that they have deliberately rejected God's Holy Spirit. — William Lane Craig

Today, there is no excuse for any one of us to sit back and go, "Ugh! There's nothing I can do about it."Because there is always something that can be done. — Queen Noor of Jordan

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