John Sherman Quotes

Hoping and Wishing are excuses for not Doing.

The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.

I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.

I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.

Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

I come up with the silliest excuses when it's time to work out. I'll be like, 'Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.'

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

The less you want to do about something, the more you have to talk about it

'Bad' health, in a thousand different forms, is used as an excuse for failing to do what a person wants to do, failing to accept greater responsibilities, failing to make more money, failing to achieve success.

There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.

I always assumed that the reason I've never run a marathon is because I haven't bought a pair of shorts and arrived at the start line.

Before I had my heart problem, if I was asked to do something I would look through a mental file looking for reasons why I could say no.

I'm not good at planning ahead because it's just too much. I plan, set it up and then don't think about it again until it's almost time. That's just how it goes.

Those that say that individuals are not capable of changing anything are only looking for excuses.

The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.

Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?

There are always twenty excellent reasons for doing nothing for every one reason for starting anything-especially if it has never been done before.

A creator always needs excuses.

When he [the slothful person] is pressed to be diligent, either in his worldly affairs or in the business of religion, this is his excuse (and a sorry excuse it is as bad as none).

If you keep asking me questions, I will continue to find excuses.

I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.

My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

To avoid doing anything, wait for the right circumstances.