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Quote by Florence Nightingale
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. -

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. – Florence Nightingale

Other quotes by Florence Nightingale

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. – Florence Nightingale

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Martyr, Martyrdom
Author
Florence Nightingale
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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality. – Florence Nightingale

Category:
Death
Author
Florence Nightingale
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Several excuses are always less convincing than one. – Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point

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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Excuses

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. – Don Wilder and Bill Rechin

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Excuses

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems — not people, to focus your energies on answers — not excuses. – William Arthur Ward

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