Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with us, we are convinced we are in danger. Our shame fuels ongoing fear, and our fear fuels more shame. The very fact that we feel fear seems to prove that we are broken or incapable. When we are trapped in trance, being fearful and bad seem to define who we are. The anxiety in our body, the stories, the ways we make excuses, withdraw or lash out—these become to us the self that is most real.
A new study finds that women use their whole brain when listening and men only use half of their brain. You see, men use the other half of their brain to come up with excuses. I don't think women use their whole brain when listening. I think they use half of it and the other half is used to memorize what men are saying so they can use it against them 10 years later!
Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.
Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.
Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
No business can be made easier to do than excuses are to make.
There are no explanations for human evil. Only excuses.
When the Spirit is absent, our excuses always seem right, but in the presence of the Spirit our excuses fade away.
If you accept excuses from others, it's usually because you have accepted your own excuse.
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.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
Don't make excuses - make improvements!
99% percent of failures are the ones who make excuses.
I've always believed that anyone can achieve their dreams, regardless. I've always had this attitude about no excuses. A belief that I can go on and do what I need to do. To go on, to succeed, regardless.
We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
Excuses are the words coming from the loser in you.
You don't have to make excuses for God.
She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality.