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.

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.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects read more

To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals -- and critics of the Women's Movement.