Several excuses are always less convincing than one. Aldous Huxley
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. Rudyard Kipling
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. George Washington
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. Henry Ward Beecher
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. Aesop
Of all vain things, excuses are the vainest. Charles Buxton
I have generally found that a man who is good at manufacturing excuses is good at nothing else. Benjamin Franklin
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale
Bad excuses are worse than none. Thomas Fuller