MAKING EXCUSES
“I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” (Florence Nightingale)
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slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
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In Your Own Words…
In your own words, what is the central message of the above quote by the English social reformer and founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
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Getting Personal
Have you ever observed a friend, family member, public personality, or even yourself making an excuse to try to avoid being held responsible for a mistake or problem?
Is so, who was the person involved and what was the excuse he or she was using?
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” (John Stuart Mill)
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Quotation AI Assistant
Interested in seeing what artificial intelligence (ai) has to say about the meaning of today’s quotation? Compare it to your own interpretation. You may be fascinated, or even possibly humbled.
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
“It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
“Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.” (George Washington Carver)
“You are the reason of your own good-luck and bad-luck; success and failure; happiness and pain. Your choices are responsible for your present. Don’t blame someone else for your sufferings or failures.” (Sanjeev Himachali)
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Any Comments/Questions about Today’s Quote?
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