Procrastination Quotes · Page 35

“The men who will act today and the men who will act tomorrow get beaten by the men who acts now.”

— Amit Kalantri

“The delay that Weizenbaum named, between an effort to achieve something and its realization, is the essence of being human.”

— Joshua Cooper Ramo

Procrastinating, fighting and avoiding will only make it more difficult. The way out is to get it done.

— Ralph Marston

“Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Busyness is no different from laziness when it doesn’t lead you to accomplish anything.”

— Chris Bailey

I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“For instinct dictates our duty and the intellect supplies us with pretexts for evading it.”

— Marcel Proust

Procrastination is One of those Excuses, Born of Fear, that we Use to Keep Ourselves Stuck

— Wayne Dyer

“On my way to the parking lot, in quick succession, I saw students wearing t-shirts which read, “Save the whales. Collect the…

— Anonymous

“You will never be missing to yourself and all you can do is delay, delay, delay and the delaying must be good…

— Catherine Lacey

“Though he had determined upon this in the first moment of joyful enthusiasm, yet the delay of four-and-twenty hours had made a…

— Maria Edgeworth

“Charity knew she had to begin looking for a job soon. Definitely tomorrow, or the next day. Or perhaps the day after…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“If you fail to believe you will procrastinate or become idealustic about how awesome you are at working hard and managing your…

— David McRaney

The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we…

— Anonymous

In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not…

— John Dobbin

There are times when I just can't bring myself to sit down and write and I'm never sure whether it's pure laziness…

— Kate Cary

Photo of boy with white dirt on his faceYou may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll…

— Paul H. Dunn

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and…

— Anonymous

“Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.”

— Sun Tzu

Woe to the lazy man! Laziness is an evil disease which you must not let seize you in childhood, for when you…

— Carlo Collodi

Patience is not procrastination, it is that you have done your best and left the rest to God.

— Anonymous

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

— Denzel Washington

Laziness is the mother of all bad habbits but ultimately she is a MOTHER and we should respect her.

— MJ Korvan

If you wait too long for the perfect moment, the perfect moment will pass you by.

— Pacifiersucker

“Manny, what are you doing working in auto parts?” “Resting. My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Idle to pretend that we have lost paradise. We never had it; it is still to make.”

— Susan Ertz

Procrastination isn't the problem. It's the solution. It's the universe's way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast.

— Ellen DeGeneres

I don't understand being idle; I don't have an idle setting. I probably should develop one.

— John Darnielle

“Avoid perfectionism. It often leads to decision-paralysis and excessive procrastination.”

— Izey Victoria Odiase

When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. [Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.]

— Juvenal

“Procrastination is my sin. It brings me naught but sorrow. I know that I should stop it. In fact, I will--tomorrow”

— Gloria Pitzer

“Gamification is designed to raise productivity where people would prefer to be lazy. In many contexts, laziness is the human default.”

— Adam Alter

If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.

— David Allen

God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.

— Anonymous

Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.

— Dan B. Allender

Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.

— Cesare Pavese

We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.

— Jim Rohn

Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure.

— Hillel the Elder

What is the definition of procrastination? It means: I can feel within my Energy sensor that this action is not in perfect…

— Esther Hicks

Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials.

— Paul Rudnick