“Any excuse, no matter how valid, only weakens the character.”
“Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character.”
“It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken”
“The only permission, the only validation, and the only opinion that matters in our quest for greatness is our own.”
“A bad hair day is not a valid excuse for calling in sick.”
“There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.”