Procrastination Quotes

350 quotes by 239 authors

Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of… — James Surowiecki
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
He who hesitates is a damned fool. — Mae West
You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic. — Bill Watterson
Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him. — Charles Dickens
That was the year, my twenty-eighth, when I was discovering that not all of the promises would be kept, that some things are in fact… — Joan Didion
As a writer, I need an enormous amount of time alone. Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching… — Paul Rudnick
If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done. — Rita Mae Brown
Procrastinate now, don't put it off. — Ellen DeGeneres
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a… — Winston Churchill
Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today. — Josh Billings
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. — Ivan Turgenev
Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, donâ€™t put it off. — Ellen DeGeneres
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. — Saint Augustine
A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. — Hunter S. Thompson
Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow. — Steven Wright
We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. — Charles Dickens
There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is â€œnot this day.â€...The scriptures make the danger of delay clear. It is… — Henry B. Eyring
Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task — William James

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