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Destiny is for losers. It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen.
Cecily von Ziegesar (I Like It Like That (Gossip Girl, #5))
Obstacles are challenges for winners and excuses for losers
M.E. Kerr
Excuses and complaints are signs of a dreamless life
Bangambiki Habyarimana (The Great Pearl of Wisdom)
Except in a very few matches, usually with world-class performers, there is a point in every match (and in some cases it's right at the beginning) when the loser decides he's going to lose. And after that, everything he does will be aimed at providing an explanation of why he will have lost. He may throw himself at the ball (so he will be able to say he's done his best against a superior opponent). He may dispute calls (so he will be able to say he's been robbed). He may swear at himself and throw his racket (so he can say it was apparent all along he wasn't in top form). His energies go not into winning but into producing an explanation, an excuse, a justification for losing.
C. Terry Warner (Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationship, Coming to Ourselves)
Anyone can have an off decade.
Larry Cole
Even if you are facing a bitter aspect of life... Drugs and murder are foul, without any excuse. Deserve a red card, for a loser. -Kudou Shinichi(Edogawa Conan)
Gosho Aoyama
Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.
Sherman Edwards (1776: A Musical Play)
Mamaw and Papaw believed that hard work mattered more. They knew that life was a struggle, and though the odds were a bit longer for people like them, that fact didn’t excuse failure. “Never be like these fucking losers who think the deck is stacked against them,” my grandma often told me. “You can do anything you want to.” Their
J.D. Vance (Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis)
Winners win losers make excuses.
Keith Lee Johnson (The Honeymoon is Over)
Excuse me, sweetheart, " said Elliott. "Darling? A moment of your time? Sugar-plum? Sugargrape? Sugarassortedfruitsandvegetables?" Luke did not even turn his head. "HEY, LOSER!" said Elliott.
Sarah Rees Brennan (In Other Lands)
Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound.
Orrin Woodward
Pressure squeezes effort out of winners and excuses out of losers.
Orrin Woodward
In my opinion, “excuses” is a mental illness, and people with this serious illness are all losers without exception.
G. Ng (The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom)
You can change anything in your life if you want to badly enough. Excuses are for losers!
Anonymous
You drop that load too when you find yourself an excuse. Then, afterward, all you got to do is learn to feel sorry for yourself—and lots of people learn to get their kicks that way. It’s one of the best indoor sports, feeling sorry.” Bert’s face broke into an active grin. “A sport enjoyed by all. Especially the born losers.
Walter Tevis (The Hustler (Eddie Felson, #1))
I’m raising a son,” he says firmly, “and if I ever heard him say that shit about a woman, I would know I failed him. Just being a guy. Boys will be boys, it’s a bullshit excuse, Salem. Don’t ever let some loser make you think otherwise.
Micalea Smeltzer (The Confidence of Wildflowers (Wildflower Duet, #1))
You think I like this?” I say defensively. “Trust me, I don’t need this headache in my life.” I swallow a mouthful of beer. “Hey. You know Twilight?” He blinks. “Excuse me?” “Twilight. The vampire book.” His wary eyes study my face. “What about it?” “Okay, so you know how Bella’s blood is extra special? Like how it gives Edward a raging boner every time he’s around her?” “Are you fucking with me right now?” I ignore that. “Do you think it happens in real life? Pheromones and all that crap. Is it a bullshit theory some horndog dreamed up so he could justify why he’s attracted to his mother or some shit? Or is there actually a biological reason why we’re drawn to certain people? Like goddamn Twilight. Edward wants her on a biological level, right?” “Are you seriously dissecting Twilight right now?” God, I am. This is what Allie has reduced me to. A sad, pathetic loser who goes to a bar and forces his friend to participate in a Twilight book club.
Elle Kennedy (The Score (Off-Campus, #3))
Winners make the effort while losers make excuses.
Frank Sonnenberg (Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life)
Winners have justification, losers have an excuse.
Durgesh Satpathy (What We Think We Become)
How can you kill something that never existed? We’re all winners in the ovarian derby, yet I never heard anyone crying about the—if you will excuse the biological term—the sperm who were the losers in the race.
Harry Harrison (Make Room! Make Room! (RosettaBooks into Film Book 10))
I had every excuse in the world to be a loser, and used them all.
David Goggins (Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds)
It is complicated,’ they say. I am so sick of this response. Many people use it repeatedly to escape depth and confronting reality. They use it to take solace in the fact that they don’t know (or don’t wish to know) the ugly truth of what is happening right in front of their eyes. They reduce crimes, injustice, war, pain, hunger, rape, and everything that must be unpacked, dissected, and confronted to this: ‘It is complicated.’ They say this about COVID-19, too. Oh, how I have grown to hate this response. Every time I hear this statement from someone, it sounds like ‘I am a loser’ to my ears. ‘It is complicated’ is the favorite response of lazy brains that refuse to think and do. Oh, my friends, I insist it is not complicated. If you really want to know, it is not so complicated. However, if you are really looking for reasons and excuses to justify your silence, complicity, and to protect your self-interest, then you are absolutely right – it is complicated!
Louis Yako
Once a loser finds a “good” excuse, he will hold on to it, and then always use this excuse to explain to himself and others: why he can no longer do it, why he cannot succeed. At first, he still knows how much his excuse are lies, but after repeated usage, he will become more and more convinced that it is completely true, and believe that this excuse was the real reason for his failure, and as a result his brain begins to be lazy and rigid, and the motivation to work hard to win in any way will be reduced to zero. But they never want to admit that they are a person who loves making excuses.
G. Ng (The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom)
Bouncing hurt. Our ego is the part of us that cares about our status and what people think, about always being better than and always being right. I think of my ego as my inner hustler. It’s always telling me to compare, prove, please, perfect, outperform, and compete. Our inner hustlers have very little tolerance for discomfort or self-reflection. The ego doesn’t own stories or want to write new endings; it denies emotion and hates curiosity. Instead, the ego uses stories as armor and alibis. The ego has a shame-based fear of being ordinary (which is how I define narcissism). The ego says, “Feelings are for losers and weaklings.” Avoiding truth and vulnerability are critical parts of the hustle. Like all good hustlers, our egos employ crews of ruffians in case we don’t comply with their demands. Anger, blame, and avoidance are the ego’s bouncers. When we get too close to recognizing an experience as an emotional one, these three spring into action. It’s much easier to say, “I don’t give a damn,” than it is to say, “I’m hurt.” The ego likes blaming, finding fault, making excuses, inflicting payback, and lashing out, all of which are ultimate forms of self-protection. The ego is also a fan of avoidance—assuring the offender that we’re fine, pretending that it doesn’t matter, that we’re impervious. We adopt a pose of indifference or stoicism, or we deflect with humor and cynicism. Whatever. Who cares?
Brené Brown (Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.)
As I stood in line behind the other losers who couldn’t get to class on time, I wondered why we couldn’t get late slips for life. “Please excuse Kyle from heartbreak, as he has lived a sheltered life and has no idea how to handle something as simple as a crush.
John Goode (Tales from Foster High (Tales from Foster High, #1-3))
Hey. You know Twilight?” He blinks. “Excuse me?” “Twilight. The vampire book.” His wary eyes study my face. “What about it?” “Okay, so you know how Bella’s blood is extra special? Like how it gives Edward a raging boner every time he’s around her?” “Are you fucking with me right now?” I ignore that. “Do you think it happens in real life? Pheromones and all that crap. Is it a bullshit theory some horndog dreamed up so he could justify why he’s attracted to his mother or some shit? Or is there actually a biological reason why we’re drawn to certain people? Like goddamn Twilight. Edward wants her on a biological level, right?” “Are you seriously dissecting Twilight right now?” God, I am. This is what Allie has reduced me to. A sad, pathetic loser who goes to a bar and forces his friend to participate in a Twilight book club.
Elle Kennedy (The Score (Off-Campus, #3))
They knew that life was a struggle, and though the odds were a bit longer for people like them, that fact didn’t excuse failure. “Never be like these fucking losers who think the deck is stacked against them,” my grandma often told me. “You can do anything you want to.” Their community shared this faith, and in the 1950s that faith appeared well founded.
J.D. Vance (Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis)
A thin line separates success from failure, the great companies from the ordinary ones. Below that line lies excuse making, blaming others, confusion, and an attitude of helplessness, while above that line we find a sense of reality, ownership, commitment, solutions to problems, and determined action. While losers languish Below The Line, preparing stories that explain why past efforts went awry, winners reside Above The Line, powered by commitment and hard work.
Roger Connors (The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability)
excuse.Napoleon said he liked luckier general-he wasn't into supporting losers. Well, the Navy likes luckier captains. It doesn't matter why your ship goes aground, your career is over. Nobody's interested in your fault. It's just a rule that we happen to have-for the good of all, all effects considered.I like some rules like that. I think that the civilization works better with some of these no-fault rules.
Peter D. Kaufman (Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition)
Failure is an excuse for losers to hide from life and the same failure is an energy booster for winners to transform their lives
Keerthi Singhe (Spirit Flows Power Glows)
Your success—or anyone else’s—does not come at someone else’s expense. Other people don’t have to fail for you to succeed. Your winning doesn’t have to mean there are losers.
Nate Green (Suck Less, Do Better: The End of Excuses & the Rise of the Unstoppable You)
You can’t be a normal bartender and just get beer and a shot?” she said. “Mezcal on the rocks, maybe? Where’s your bar-hardened disdain for sugar, Vince?” “Excuse me for liking things that actually taste good,” I said, poking my toothpick-speared strawberry garnish at her. “I haven’t managed to develop a taste yet for the liquid form of a burned tire.
Harley Laroux (Losers: Part II (Losers, #2))
This wasn’t only a game, regardless of whatever silly rules we made or excuses we came up with. Jess had given me something to strive for, but it was more than that.
Harley Laroux (Losers: Part I (Losers, #1))
Losers are full of excuses. Winners just don't have time for them; they just make things happen while others are trying to figure it out.
Germany Kent
Losers believe in imagining success with an excuse of perfectionism but the elite performers believe in taking action and experiencing failure because the core foundation to achieve massive success is action.
Dhiraj Kumar Raj (Attracting A Specific Person: How to Use the Law of Attraction to Manifest a Specific Person, Get Back Your Ex and Manifest a Vibrant Relationship.)
Research indicates that negative thinkers will key in on three basic areas of life: themselves, the world, and the future. They see themselves as unlucky, even as losers who never get a break. They look at the world as unfriendly to them, oppressing their chances, and giving others more opportunity. They don’t see their future as positive and hopeful. It seems bleak and dark, with no hope to brighten it up.
Henry Cloud (It's Not My Fault: The No-Excuse Plan for Overcoming Life's Obstacles)
Losers are wealthy with excuses, moth-eaten, empty wallets, heads full of excuses. This is not an enviable wealth. An abundance of excuses guarantees a paucity of money. If excuses roll willingly from a person’s tongue, it’s certain money does not flow easily into his pockets. I’ve often said I can estimate a person’s bank balance if he’ll tell me about the books he reads and the people he hangs out with. But it’s even easier to accurately estimate his bank balance if I hear the excuses he makes. The habit of excuse making is the worst of all habits.
Dan S. Kennedy (No B.S. Wealth Attraction In The New Economy)
Winners find a way, while losers find excuses. Losers will find every reason and excuse not to succeed. It’s only by accident that losers get older. They don’t grow. They just age, as a matter of natural progression.
Andre Norman (Ambassador of Hope: Turning Poverty and Prison into a Purpose-Driven Life)
Losers always has an excuse Winner always find a way
Noormohammad Bhuayan
Destiny is for losers... It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen.
Cecily von Ziegesar (All I Want is Everything (Gossip Girl, #3))