For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future but an excuse can last for life."
Eric Hoffer
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
Jules Renard
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George Washington Carver
People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.
Laura Schlessinger
Sometimes, people use age as a convenient excuse. Other people, though, go on to acheive their greatest accomplishments in life in later years.
Catherine Pulsifer
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."
George Bernard Shaw