Procrastination also can be a way of self-handicapping: if you don't do a great job, you can always say to yourself, "If… — James Surowiecki 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
“When it comes to work - hurry, hurry, hurry. When it comes to payment - delay, delay, delay. Caste, religion, family background… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Killing for pleasure is wrong and should be banned. Fox hunting, stag hunting and hare coursing are moral issues. It is time… — Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison 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
“Be still, dream big and achieve those dreams. Avoid all manner of procrastination, for every moment wasted, is a step away from… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
“A man on his deathbed left instructions For dividing up his goods among his three sons. He had devoted his entire spirit… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“One very important key to maintaining our daily sanity is a simple scheduling tactic I call Putting Things the Hell Off.” — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
A general “law of least effort” applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“In the beginning of running and of meditation, one of the biggest obstacles is laziness. One kind of laziness is basic slothfulness,… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after. — John Lyly Copy Share Image
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay. — Petrarch Copy Share Image
Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“Do not let comfort become an excuse for procrastination. There’s always room for improvement. There’s always something better to accomplish; if not… — Naide P Obiang Copy Share Image
“All procrastinators put off things they have to do. Structured procrastination is the art of making this negative trait work for you.… — John R. Perry Copy Share Image
“If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Is there anything you have been putting off until another day? How about today?” — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
