Procrastination Quotes

350 quotes by 239 authors

Begin doing what you want to do now. — Marie Beynon Lyons Ray
Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no… — Shantideva
Life is a race. If you delay starting, how can you have any hope of winning? — Randall Wright
Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork. — Tom Conti
Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage. — Alyce Cornyn-Selby
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried. — Alyce Cornyn-Selby
Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail. — Henry David Thoreau
To delay is injustice. — Jean de la Bruyere
Your 'frog' should be the most difficult item on your things-to-do list, the one where you're most likely to procrastinate; because, if you eat that… — Brian Tracy
If you do not act on a suggestion at first, you grow dull to its message. — Robert Henri
The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas. — Damien Hirst
Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure. — Hillel the Elder
The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off… — Steven Pressfield
The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full… — Norman Vincent Peale
Procrastination is a common reaction to feeling overwhelmed or fear of failure. Instead of taking on too much at once and overwhelming yourself, break things… — Lauren Mackler
Writing is 90% procrastination. It is a matter of doing everything you can to avoid writing, until it is about four in the morning and… — Paul Rudnick
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. — Benjamin Franklin
You may delay, but time will not. — Benjamin Franklin
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. — Benjamin Franklin
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. — Benjamin Franklin

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