Welcome to the world of excuses, where creativity meets human nature’s art of evasion! Excuses Quotes is your one-stop destination for a collection of witty, humorous, and thought-provoking quotes centered around the age-old practice of making excuses. Whether you’re seeking some clever lines to lighten the mood during a friendly debate or looking for inspiration to conquer procrastination, you’ve come to the right place. We believe excuses are a testament to human ingenuity, showcasing our ability to craft intricate narratives to justify our actions or inactions. On this page, you’ll find a treasure trove of excuses quotes that will make you smile, ponder, and perhaps even reconsider your own excuse-making techniques. So, let’s dive into the world of excuses, and remember, there’s always a quote for every justification in life!
Not looking for excuses is the right thing to do. I have made a lot of mistakes, and I still make mistakes, but I am not ashamed to look for the reasons behind those mistakes. Gianluigi Buffon
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses. Andrew Lansley
In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward. Pep Guardiola
As an artist, you have to express yourself. I make no excuses for my versatility. I grew up singing classical arias, but I love rock n’ roll and jazz standards. Idina Menzel
No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you’re looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don’t waste time looking back. Junior Seau
I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children. Diane von Furstenberg
Failure is an awful thing, and when I look at the common denominator of failure, it seems to always be the same thing: excuses. Jon Taffer
Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make. Lana Turner
I refuse to allow the excuses in my mind to grow into giants that keep me from living up to my full potential. Shaun King
I wasn’t a bad kid. My dad left when I was young, so I didn’t have much discipline, not that I’m making excuses. I was always out and about and had a good time as a kid, so I’ve done alright. Danny Dyer
I’m not going to say that every record I’ve put out was the greatest record in history, but I’d stand by even the bad ones. Don’t make excuses, make hits. Pete Waterman
We will never accomplish what God wants for our lives unless we stop making excuses for ourselves and pampering our flesh. When we get into seemingly impossible situations, we have to remember – it’s not about us. Monica Johnson
That’s what I think most players want to be remembered as, being a good competitor. Not being a guy who makes excuses. There are a lot of guys who make an excuse before the game why they’re not going to win. And those guys are losers. Vernon Law
It’s not the time to look for excuses. Rafael Nadal
I don’t feel my best right now, but at the same time, I’m not trying to find any excuses or anything. Johan Santana
If you make excuses, you’re going to believe in a lie. And I don’t believe in that lie that you can’t make it, that somebody is trying to hold you back. Dion DiMucci
I also often hear people say that the deck is stacked against them because of racism, sexism, or other oppressive ‘isms.’ But once you let go of the blame and excuses, you’ll see that you can alter your position on your own. Chris Gardner
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. G. M. Trevelyan
Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion. Robert H. Schuller
We are all busy. It’s easy to find excuses for not reaching out to others, but I imagine they will sound as hollow to our Heavenly Father as the elementary school boy who gave his teacher a note asking that he be excused from school March 30th through the 34th. Joseph B. Wirthlin
I am not in the business of pointing fingers or making excuses. However, recent history has shown that I, like thousands of others in Ireland, incorrectly relied upon the persons who guided Anglo and who wrongfully sought to portray a ‘blue chip’ Irish banking sector. Sean Quinn
So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them. Ben Carson
I’m still shocked when people say, ‘You haven’t done a studio record in 20 years.’ I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn’t with it. Ace Frehley
I think what’s going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn’t say it’s the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts. Jimmy Carter
I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music. Stone Gossard
Leadership – leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. Mitt Romney
Most of the time, we keep looking outside and feeling sad about what others have. Those are mere excuses. Yami Gautam
Several excuses are always less convincing than one. Aldous Huxley
You decide how to show up, and you’d better come correct: the way you look, what you say, how you act and react. No excuses! Get in front of the mirror and own what you see. You may have to drag your fabulousness out of hiding, but it’s there. Alyssa Edwards
I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don’t have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn’t pawn this off on anybody. I’m sorry it happened. And I hurt people. Louie Anderson
We can all sit around and think about things when they’re not going our way. We can blame people and we can point fingers and you can try to make excuses, but the sooner you decide that you’re done making excuses and you just want to figure it out, then you’ve just got to shut up, put your head down, and do it. Anthony Smith
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that’s the day you start to the top. O. J. Simpson
Apologies always seem to me like excuses. Jim Harbaugh
Rather than make excuses for their failures, resilient people learn from each mistake. They identify skills, ideas, and life lessons that can be gained from each failed opportunity. Amy Morin
You can make a million excuses for why something didn’t go well, but ultimately, just fix it and get on with it. Be a solutions person. Emily Weiss
It’s a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me. Daniel Day-Lewis
It takes guts to realize you screwed up and to then come clean without any excuses. Brandon Webb
Oh, mercy, I think we’re all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up. Utah Phillips
Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses. Nick Park
The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy. Michael Bloomberg
Whatever excuses I can make to you about playing so many games, there is no point – the point is we have many games. Adama Traore
We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive – positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people’s excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way. Andrew Lansley
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver
People want a cop-out, listen I’m a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time. Mike Ditka
Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don’t make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way. Charles Leclerc
No excuses. Play like a champion. Kelley O’Hara
Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don’t put them both together by claiming you ‘don’t have the time’. Bo Bennett
I found people that were willing to push me. I was like, ‘These are my goals. I need you to get me here.’ I don’t need any excuses. I won’t make any excuses. I’m over making excuses. Julie Ertz
I come up with the silliest excuses when it’s time to work out. I’ll be like, ‘Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.’ Christina Hendricks
I had a period where everything… if it’s raining, I’m angry because it’s raining. If I miss, it’s because the pitch is too wet. It was only excuses. It was not good. Alvaro Morata
There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked. Madeleine M. Kunin
I don’t make excuses for my losses. Instead, I use them as motivation, as a mistake I made. Mauricio Rua
There are no excuses for theoretical physicists not to perform and deliver. Ashoke Sen
Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don’t make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves. Masayoshi Son
And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write – every day, no excuses. It’s so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they’d rather clean the toilet than do the writing. Octavia E. Butler
If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior. Natalie Morales
To me, Pride is loving myself and not making excuses for anything: Live in your truth. Da Brat
If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue. Wayne Dyer
You will find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses. David Joseph Schwartz
I can think of many reasonable excuses for needing a cocktail, but Cinco De Mayo is always a no-brainer. Rachel Hollis
There are no excuses in fighting. You can be playing a team sport and have a good game, and you can lose. In fighting, it’s all on me. If I go out there and lose, then it’s my fault. I like that. Alexander Volkanovski
Beast Mode doesn’t make excuses. It doesn’t complain. Whatever you’re doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man. Matt Kemp
Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal. Martti Ahtisaari
Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you. Joyce Meyer
We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change. Serj Tankian
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Benjamin Franklin
Let’s dig deep to build the kind of police force that our fatherland really deserves. We need a revolution of the police force here in Venezuela, and I will carry it out without delay, without excuses. Nicolas Maduro
God’s plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple – one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we’re busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone’s eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you’ll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel. Charles Stanley
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. J. Michael Straczynski
Don’t make excuses and Don’t talk about it. Do it. Melvyn Douglas
Bad excuses are worse than none. Thomas Fuller
We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do. Joyce Meyer
Like most of us, Joe Biden has had moments when he’s led the league in mistakes or verbal gaffes. The difference is his were on a public stage where explanations are almost always made out by pundits to be excuses. Mike Barnicle
America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad – based on huge portions and fast food. Let’s stop with the excuses and start creating something better. David Chang
We need to let the referee’s sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says ‘knockdowns.’ Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it’s legal, we’ll make excuses for them. John Madden
It’s a great thing about being pregnant – you don’t need excuses to pee or to eat. Angelina Jolie
Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. ‘The client made me do this.’ ‘The city made me do this.’ ‘Oh, the budget.’ I don’t believe that anymore. Frank Gehry
A ballplayer doesn’t make excuses. Roberto Alomar
Being a big guy, you face certain challenges. Over time, though, women found excuses to find me attractive. Rick Ross
There are only two kinds of employees that I’ve run across in 30 years. There are ones that get results, and ones that make excuses. If you’re in that second camp, you’re not going to like Dish. Charlie Ergen
It’s part of my Special Forces training. You’re taught to come up with a solutions, not look for excuses. Nirmal Purja
A fiduciary standard means, basically, put the interests of the client first. No excuses. Period. John C. Bogle
We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness. Margaret Fuller
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses. William Arthur Ward
I remember embracing our championship tradition, telling our players that this is what we should expect to be; this is what Oklahoma is supposed to be. And we’re going to do all we can to be that. And if we don’t, there will be no excuses. You either do or you don’t. Bob Stoops
There’s really no excuses; you’ve got to make your own luck. Auston Matthews
Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing. Mother Angelica
One of life’s fundamental truths states, ‘Ask and you shall receive.’ As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection. Jack Canfield
Work hard and never make excuses. Master P
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better. Mason Cooley
We all have excuses. We could all take all of the things that have happened to us over the course of our lives and use them as excuses for being cruel to others. Max Joseph
Music is a diary. Sometimes people make music as if no one’s going to hear it, as if they can just be completely honest. Things are a lot more acceptable said in a song than it would be in person. Art excuses a lot of things. Giveon
Michael Jordan taught me after our game of one-on-one: A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse. When excuses are no longer an option, you can focus your attention on the job you have to do, and not why it didn’t get done. Don Yaeger
In my opinion, Hollywood doesn’t know the context. Hollywood sees a David and Goliath story with Israel being cast in the role of Goliath, as the evil aggressor. The Palestinians are simply innocent reactors to whatever Israelis are throwing at them. And everything – like their economic situation – excuses the savagery. Mark Pellegrino
As soon as I step on the court I just try to play tennis and don’t find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore. Goran Ivanisevic
I don’t believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. Julia Child
You’ve got to eliminate the confusion in your life. And eliminate the excuses. Rudy Ruettiger
As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined. Michael Gove
I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes. Bernie Siegel
Excuses destroy success every time. Jon Taffer
