Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.