Any excuse will serve a tyrant. Aesop
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. Anthony Robbins
Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own. John Wesley
Any excuse is good if it hold good. Italian Proverb
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. American Proverb