Good leaders do not make excuses, they take responsibility.

Martin heaved a sigh of relief when the door closed behind the laundryman. He was becoming anti-social. Daily he found it a severer strain to be decent with people. Their presence perturbed him, and the effort of conversation irritated him. They made him restless, and no sooner was he in contact with them than he was casting about for excuses to get rid of them.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

Don’t make excuses. When you have decided to do something, do it. No excuses. Then you are self-disciplined.

You can make excuses, or you can make progress. You choose.

When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard, you will be very successful.

Today we have no excuses.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

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

The God excuse: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument.

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

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