Procrastination Quotes · Page 23

“Wedged as we are between two eternities of idleness, there is no excuse for being idle now.”

— Anthony Burgess

Part of the true luxury of "earned laziness" are the braggin rights that come along with being purposefully and publicly lazy. It…

— Al Gini

It sometimes seems that we live as if we wonder when life is going to begin. It isn't always clear just what…

— Richard L. Evans

Short cuts make for long delays.

— JRR Tolkien

So much of life [is] a putting-off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing [is] ever lost by delay.

— Graham Greene

Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.

— Adam Grant

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

— Alexander Graham Bell

Idleness is a great enemy to mankind. There is no friend like energy, for, if you cultivate that, it will never fail.

— Bhartrhari

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

“Larry Wall's classic Programming Perl described the three programmer's virtues: hubris, laziness, and impatience.”

— CJS Hayward

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

— David Dunham

The idle always have a mind to do something.

— Luc de Clapiers

“Procrastination is not the cause of our problems with accomplishing tasks; it is an attempt to resolve a variety of underlying issues.”

— Neil A. Fiore

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

— Napoleon Hill

the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.

— Helen McCloy

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

— Joanne Harris

“In the economy of action, effort is a cost, and the acquisition of skill is driven by the balance of benefits and…

— Daniel Kahneman

I think sometimes with experience, it brings a sense of laziness and complacency. I try not to get complacent.

— Paul Millsap

I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

— Patrick Leahy

The best thing you can do is follow your dreams

— The Rev

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

— Sun Tzu

One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to…

— Spencer W. Kimball

By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them.

— Roger L'Estrange

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that…

— Benjamin Franklin

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come…

— Anonymous