“Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.”
“To describe something as an accident is a lazy way of exempting oneself from the obligation of investigating or even preventing it in the first place.”
“History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.”
“The only excuse from a man who abuses you are the ones we give him.”
“An excuse gives sympathy, but only the effort gives success. Choice is yours.”
“Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation”