Florence Nightingale — I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.Florence Nightingale
Attributed to Florence Nightingale
Two refusals, and the second is harder. Not taking excuses from others is discipline; not giving them to yourself is character — and it is where most progress quietly dies.
You will always have a fair reason to skip today's practice. Nightingale's advice is not to be harsh, but to stop negotiating. Do the small thing anyway.
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A reason given to justify a fault or failure.
Synonyms: justification, pretext, alibi
She stopped accepting her own excuses.
To regard something as caused by.
Synonyms: credit, ascribe, assign
He attributed progress to consistency.
Common questions
It means refusing to accept excuses — from others or from yourself — is a foundation of consistent achievement.
The English founder of modern nursing, known for her work during the Crimean War and her pioneering use of statistics in health care.
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