One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
“Imagine what your life would be like if you were completely uninhibited by fear, pride, or procrastination. What would you be capable… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations. — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom. — Walter Annenberg Copy Share Image
Procrastination hinders those who are irresponsible. You have a dream so act like you're held accountable.. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
“When a man gives procrastination a chance, it brings stool of failure to his doorstep.” — Ikhenoba Joseph Copy Share Image
In my office...I have a little sign and it says, 'Do it!' I suppose if I have learned anything in life, it… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“The typical procrastinator completes most assignments on time, but the pressure of doing work at the last minute causes unnecessary anxiety and… — Neil A. Fiore Copy Share Image
The cause of laziness is physiological; it is an infirmity of the constitution, and its victim is as much to be pitied… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The precise laziness is akin to letting your eyes blur or glimpsing what's at the corners in peripheral vision. Or those moments… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share Image
Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Work is a dull thing; you cannot get away from that. The only agreeable existence is one of idleness, and that is… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Frequently what we say is rest is merely laziness. Our body requires respite and so does our mind and spirit. But a… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
“If you really want succeed in what you do, obey this rule;... Wake up very early, go to bed lately... Occupy your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Idleness does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognized in the dogmatic formualries of the ruling… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
You cannot wait for something better to come forever. Time will run out if you wait too long. — Amber Hope Copy Share Image
Don't wait to be great to start doing great things. You become great by doing great things. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
The real difference between those who want to write and those that do, is that those that do get up every day… — Leonard Wolf Copy Share Image
“He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed.” — Socrates Copy Share Image
The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Procrastination must be one of the most tempting, yet daunting things you could ever experience! — Matthew Van Zyl Copy Share Image
Failure is delay,not the end point.It is temporary obstacle, not a dead end.Take failure in your stride to make you more committed… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Procrastination is something you do yourself. You know: "I gotta sharpen these pencils before I start. I got 20 pencils, they're looking… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Procrastination іѕ nothing mоrе than a bаd habit. Yоur соnѕсіоuѕ mіnd dоеѕn't like change аnd wіll "tаlk" уоu right оut оf сhаngіng.… — K. Connors Copy Share Image
“Here’s Kreider’s explanation: Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
Do not let idleness set in, not even for a second, as seconds will lead to minute, minutes will lead to hour,… — Nghi Lam Copy Share Image
“The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. If you always do what… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
It may be my rather puritanical upbringing at odds with my inborn laziness that makes me feel guilty at the end of… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity,… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes. Whilst we are waiting, we beguile the time with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
Do not procrastinate. Someone has said that procrastination is the thief of time. Actually, procrastination is much more. It is the thief… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
What teachers and the administration in that era never seemed to see was that the mental work of what they called daydreaming… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take… — Susan Powter Copy Share Image
Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image