Category: Excuses

Excuses and Nails

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

— Don Wilder and Bill Rechin —

  Taking responsibility for your life is an unbelievable freedom because at that point you are dependent upon only God, your mentors and yourself for your outcomes. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Ezra 10:4, “Rise up; this matter is in your hands.  We will support you, so take courage and do it.”

Work and Wait

Great things come to those who wait but continue to work their butts off while waiting.

— JJM —

Yesterday I achieved a goal I set for myself a couple of years ago.  I completed a ½ Ironman Triathlon distance race twice in one month…so I could say I did a full Ironman (2.4mi swim, 112mi bike, 26.2mi run) in one month. This particular goal took me three years longer than I wanted because…

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Bad or Good Men?

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them.

— Unknown —

  I love this quote! This is why it is so important to do an ongoing inventory of our life and be honest with ourselves and when we see a character defect we name it, claim it and dump it. …that my friends is how you always grow and evolve…much easier said than done. P.E.A.C.E….

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No Excuses

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

— Florence Nightingale —

  Amen…if I’m not the problem, there is no solution. I used to be an excuse machine until I was introduced to the Serenity Prayer.  Today, whenever the committee in my head slams the gavel and calls an “excuse meeting” to order, I start praying the Serenity Prayer. God, grant me the serenity to accept…

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Difficult Excuses

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

— Marcus Fabius Quintilian —

  Nothing great in life occurs without some type of difficulty. What is it that God wants you to do that you aren’t doing because it is too “difficult?” Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” I always try to replace my difficulties and excuses with prayer. P.E.A.C.E….

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Excuses and Purpose

Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view, build for themselves great monuments of nothing.

— Steven Grayhm —

  I would replace the word “monuments” with “lives” in the above quote. With that being said, how is your life looking?  It’s never too late to start building a life of purpose. P.E.A.C.E Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 90:12, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”  (ESV)

Answer

“When I stopped living in the problem and began living in the answer, the problem went away.”  ~Alcoholics Anonymous We can apply this simple thought to any problem we face in life and if you find yourself being unable to pull out from the problem…then you’ve become the problem. The litmus test for figuring out whether…

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Bad or Good?*

“Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them.”  ~Unknown I love this quote! This is why it is so important to do an ongoing inventory of our life and be honest with ourselves and when we see a character defect we name it, claim it and dump it. …that my friends is how you…

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No Excuse to Success*

“I attribute my success to this:  I never gave or took an excuse.”  ~Florence Nightingale Amen Flo! Excuses are like our hind ends; they all stink! P.E.A.C.E. Proverbs 24:30-34, “I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground…

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