God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. - Plutarch
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. - Benjamin Franklin
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. - George Washington
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Being black does not stop you. You can sit out in the world and say, "Well, white people kept me back, and I can't do this." Not so.You can have anything you want if you make up your mind and you want it. - Clara McBride Hale
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
- Pope John Paul II
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I attribute my success to this—I never gave or took any excuse. - Florence Nightingale
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Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. - George Washington Carver