The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
Henry Ward Beecher
Bad excuses are worse than none.
Thomas Fuller
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George Washington
I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.
Benjamin Franklin
People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger
An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded.
Alexander Pope
If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
Yiddish Proverb
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George Washington Carver
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
Henry Ward Beecher
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
For a lame horse, slippery is an excuse
Tamil proverb
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.
Larry Joe Bird