Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
… for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.
Never ruin an apology
with an excuse.
Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.
I never defended myself. Not once. I never said, "Excuse me? What gives you the right to insult and demean me?" I let them steal my dignity.
We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.
He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.
The motto of feminists: There is never an excuse for hitting a woman.” Shouldn’t it be, There is never an excuse for hitting.”?
I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.