“Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed.” GivingChildrenTurnsChanceFailingSucceedExcuseCrushHallsTigersPianistRoaringDebutCarnegieCarnegie Hall Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most things in life can be set in order by an intelligent sharpsightedness.” MenOrderChanceConflictIntelligentExcuseStupidityThings In Life Author:Democritus
“Demean thyself more warily in thy study than in the street. If thy public actions have a hundred witnesses, thy private have a thousand. The multitude looks but upon thy actions; thy conscience looks into them: the multitude may chance to excuse thee, if not acquit thee; thy conscience will accuse thee, if not condemn thee.” IfsLooksMayActionChanceStudyStreetsThousandHundredConscienceExcuseWitnessTheeRetirementMultitudesThyself Book:Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles Source: Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles
“You [Jews] did slay Christ, you did lift violent hands against the Master, you did spill his precious blood. This is why you have no chance for atonement, excuse, or defense.” HandsChristChanceBloodMastersJewExcuseDefenseViolentLiftsAtonementSpills Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“Everyone has ideas. The first step is to learn more about your industry than anyone in the world. Otherwise there is a good chance that the lady that knows it better than you is going to kick your ass. Then you just have to go for it. No excuses. Just work your ass off.” KnowsWorldFirstsIdeasChanceStepsIndustryExcuseAssKicksFirst StepsBetter Than YouNo ExcusesGood Chance Author:Mark Cuban
“However great a man's fear of life, suicide remains the courageous act, the clear-headed act of a mathematician. The suicide has judged by the laws of chance - so many odds against one that to live will be more miserable than to die. His sense of mathematics is greater than his sense of survival. But think how a sense of survival must clamor to be heard at the last moment, what excuses it must present of a totally unscientific nature.” ThinkingMenMomentsLastsLawDiesChanceClearGreaterHeardSurvivalMathematicsRemainsSuicideExcuseMiserableCourageousJudgedOddsMathematicianSuicidalClamorFears Of Life Author:Graham Greene