Post by judyb on May 12, 2004 6:22:52 GMT -5
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement
does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to
prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not
achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing
a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not
painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in
obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked
achievement.
- Eric Hoffer
from
www.freedomsnest.com/cgi-bin/q.cgi?subject=excuses
The best job goes to the person who can get
it done without passing the buck or coming
back with excuses.
--Napoleon Hill
We have forty million reasons for failure,
but not a single excuse.
--Rudyard Kipling
does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to
prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not
achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing
a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not
painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in
obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked
achievement.
- Eric Hoffer
from
www.freedomsnest.com/cgi-bin/q.cgi?subject=excuses
The best job goes to the person who can get
it done without passing the buck or coming
back with excuses.
--Napoleon Hill
We have forty million reasons for failure,
but not a single excuse.
--Rudyard Kipling