“Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character.”
“Any excuse, no matter how valid, only weakens the character.”
“It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken”
“Inner strength of character cannot be measured by any means but performance in the time of need.”
“A bad hair day is not a valid excuse for calling in sick.”
“The non-doing of any evil,the performance of what's skillful,the cleansing of one's own mind:this is the teaching of the Awakened. ”