Procrastination Quotes

350 quotes by 262 authors

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — Lord Acton
We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week… — Arnold Bennett
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait… — Omar N. Bradley
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. — Pearl S. Buck
If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home.… — Mark Burnett
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. — Dale Carnegie
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. — Miguel de Cervantes
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow… — Lord Chesterfield
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. — Lord Chesterfield
The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to… — Charles R. Swindoll
There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. — David Lloyd George
We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either… — Seneca the Younger
Delay not to seize the hour! — Aeschylus
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. — Alexander Graham Bell
It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years… — Paulo Coelho
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to… — Samuel Johnson
If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how we… — Surya Das
By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them. — Roger L'Estrange
Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and… — M. Scott Peck

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