Procrastination Quotes

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach.

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

It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

In my office...I have a little sign and it says, 'Do it!' I suppose if I have learned anything in life, it is that we are to keep moving, keep trying-as long as we breathe! If we do, we will be surprised at how much more can still be done.

Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

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 period of consequences.

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.

Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.

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 for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

Don't be afraid of failure, be afraid of not trying in the first place.

Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

The cost of procrastination is generally far greater than the cost of making mistakes.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.

I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.

I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.

Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.

A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to him. If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable him to reach the waves, which are perhaps within a yard of him. The world is full of human lobsters; people stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat.

Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.

Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.

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 you reach the point where you have to write.

Procrastination most often arises from a sense that there is too much to do, and hence no single aspect of the to-do worth doing. . . . Underneath this rather antic form of action-as-inaction is the much more unsettling question whether anything is worth doing at all.

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man.

Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.

Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time

The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more predict tomorrow than we can the weather. Procrastination is the thief of dreams.

Never save the best for later. You don't know what tomorrow holds.

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.