Next time, before you make whatever excuse, ask
yourself the following question: what can I do to improve? Be fairly frank with
yourself and look forward to improving it. Besides, work harder to get rid of any
habit that holds you back, namely making excuses.
Never underestimate your power; take actions and
assume the full responsibility, instead of hiding behind excuses. You cannot
imagine how incredible your life would be. Also, always bear in mind that the
greatest change emerges from your inside and happens within, not outside.
Therefore, use the following 15 motivational quotes,
by 15 prominent people, to say ‘no excuses henceforward.’
1. “It is better to offer
no excuse than a bad one.” George Washington
Knowing that almost all
excuses are bad ones, remove the habit of making them and take full
responsibility for your actions.
2. “He that is good for
making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” Benjamin Franklin is a bad
habit
In other words, those
who always make excuses are usually losers; as a proverb says ‘a bad worker
always blames his tools.’
3. “Never make excuses.
Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.” John Wooden
The majority of those
who suffer from the habit of making excuses think that others believe them and
they gain their sympathy in doing so; on the contrary, others avoid them as possible
as they can.
4. “Ninety-nine percent
of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” George
Washington Carver
To put it differently,
ninety-nine percent of success comes from people who do not have the habit of
making excuses.
5. “We have forty
million reasons for failure, but not a single
excuse.” Rudyard
Kipling
All our failures are due
to cause and effect binaries; i.e. instead of wasting your energy in finding
excuses, try to study your strengths and weaknesses.
6. “Every vice has its
excuse ready.” Publilius Syrus
In other words, people
who adopt excuses as a lifestyle usually have premade excuses for each failure.
7. “If you really want
to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.” Bruce
Nauman
When you have an
objective, fight for it and never give up. There is nothing could prevent you
from achieving that goal; it is just a question of time and experience.
8. “A man can fail many
times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” John
Burroughs
One of the signs of
failure is to consider that someone or something else is the reason behind your
failure instead of assuming full responsibility for your actions.
9. “We have more
ability than willpower, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine
that things are impossible.” François de la Rochefoucauld
Nothing can hinder you
from achieving your objectives; so, never underestimate your capacities or hide
behind ruthless excuses.
10. “The trouble with
excuses is that they become inevitably difficult to believe after they’ve been
used a couple of times.” Scott Spencer as claimed before getting stick to
Psychologically, we obviously
get used to things we keep repeating till they become inevitable and sort of
fact for us. Therefore, the act of always making excuses makes them an
inevitable habit.
11. “Difficulty is the excuse
history never accepts.” Edward R. Murrow history
People who printed
their names in history we only mention the results they came up with. In other
terms, history only admits the outcomes regardless of the enormous difficulties
people have gone through to reach those results.
12. “It is wise to
direct your anger towards problems—not people, to focus your energies on
answers—not excuses.” William
Arthur Ward
Your energy is
something very valuable; so, in order to overcome your problems and find effective
solutions, be smart enough to focus it on the right targets. In other words, do
not waste your energy on undeserving things.
13. “Hold yourself
responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse
yourself.” Henry Ward Beecher
Knowing that making
mistakes is a healthy sign, one should admit and accept their failure in the
sake of improving one’s self not to find excuses. Moreover, be as objective as
possible in assessing yourself and take responsibility for your failure as well
as success.
14. “People with integrity do what they say
they are going to do. Others have excuses.” Laura Schlessinger
You must always keep
your promises and never make a promise you might break. Hence, breaking
promises usually pushes you to make excuses.
15. “It is wrong and immoral
to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.” Mahatma Gandhi
Pluck enough courage to
take risks and then accept the full consequences whatever they are. Blaming
others for your failure not only contributes to hinder your success, but it is
also immoral.