“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“I’m very busy doing things I don’t need to do in order to avoid anything I’m actually supposed to be doing.” -Author Unknown
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955))): “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” (1948), page 7
“The trouble is that you think you have time.” -Jack Kornfield
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“If you want to get ahead in life, I’ve found that perhaps the most useless word in the world is tomorrow.” -José N. Harris
They said ‘procrastination’ was
The source of all my sorrow.
I don’t know what that big word means -
I’ll look it up tomorrow.
-Author Unknown
Procrastination, noun: the act of delaying or postponing something.
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Earl: Can you give me the definition of procrastination?
Lee: I will do it later.
Earl: You are right!
“procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): “archy and mehitabel” (1927), ‘certain maxims of archy’ [using lower-case letters and no punctuation, in the style of the fictional writer character he created]
“Join the circus of chaos . . . juggling, stilt walking, and other skills for socially acceptable procrastination.” -Pat Murphy (Patrice Ann ‘Pat’ Murphy (born 1955))
“In delay there lies no plenty.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
“Procrastination is not laziness,” I tell him. “It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.” -Julia Cameron (Julia B. Cameron (born 1948)): “The Prosperous Heart” (2012)
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“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 ago. But I’m happy at least that I didn’t wait twenty years.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
“In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it.” -Charles Baudelaire (Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867))
“What you put off today, you’ll probably put off tomorrow, too.” -Author Unknown
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“The forces of procrastination, self-doubt, worry, cultural expectations, even family and friends, can hold your life in place, like Gravity.” -Matt Gersper
“I have not yet begun to procrastinate!” -Author Unknown
“Procrastination has robbed us of too many opportunities.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) at http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/
“A task left undone remains undone in two places - at the actual location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience.” -Brahma Kumaris
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“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935))
“I’m going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!” -Sam Levenson (Samuel ‘Sam’ Levenson (1911 - 1980))
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.” -George Claude Lorimer (1838 - 1904): as quoted in George Horace Lorimer (1867 - 1937): “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son” (1902), ‘June 25, 189-,’ page 48
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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” -Anne Frank (Annelies Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (1929 - 1945)): “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” -Jerry Alan West (Jerome ‘Jerry’ Alan West (born 1938))
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“When we procrastinate, we also put a hold on happiness.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
“A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.” -Bill Waterson (William Boyd ‘Bill’ Waterson II (born 1958))
Overheard: I bought a book titled “How to Stop Procrastinating,” and I have promised myself that someday, I am going to actually read it.
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“If you do it now, you won’t have to do it later.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Do not put your work off till tomorrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn.” -Hesiod (about 800 B.C.E. - about 720 B.C.E.)
“Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.” -Mason Cooley (1927 - 2002)
“How soon ‘not now’ becomes ‘never’.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.” -Ivan Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883))
“I’m very busy doing things I don’t need to do in order to avoid anything I’m actually supposed to be doing.” -Author Unknown
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955))): “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” (1948), page 7
“The trouble is that you think you have time.” -Jack Kornfield
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“If you want to get ahead in life, I’ve found that perhaps the most useless word in the world is tomorrow.” -José N. Harris
They said ‘procrastination’ was
The source of all my sorrow.
I don’t know what that big word means -
I’ll look it up tomorrow.
-Author Unknown
Procrastination, noun: the act of delaying or postponing something.
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Earl: Can you give me the definition of procrastination?
Lee: I will do it later.
Earl: You are right!
“procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): “archy and mehitabel” (1927), ‘certain maxims of archy’ [using lower-case letters and no punctuation, in the style of the fictional writer character he created]
“Join the circus of chaos . . . juggling, stilt walking, and other skills for socially acceptable procrastination.” -Pat Murphy (Patrice Ann ‘Pat’ Murphy (born 1955))
“In delay there lies no plenty.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
“Procrastination is not laziness,” I tell him. “It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.” -Julia Cameron (Julia B. Cameron (born 1948)): “The Prosperous Heart” (2012)
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“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 ago. But I’m happy at least that I didn’t wait twenty years.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
“In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it.” -Charles Baudelaire (Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867))
“What you put off today, you’ll probably put off tomorrow, too.” -Author Unknown
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“The forces of procrastination, self-doubt, worry, cultural expectations, even family and friends, can hold your life in place, like Gravity.” -Matt Gersper
“I have not yet begun to procrastinate!” -Author Unknown
“Procrastination has robbed us of too many opportunities.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) at http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/
“A task left undone remains undone in two places - at the actual location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience.” -Brahma Kumaris
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“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935))
“I’m going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!” -Sam Levenson (Samuel ‘Sam’ Levenson (1911 - 1980))
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.” -George Claude Lorimer (1838 - 1904): as quoted in George Horace Lorimer (1867 - 1937): “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son” (1902), ‘June 25, 189-,’ page 48
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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” -Anne Frank (Annelies Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (1929 - 1945)): “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” -Jerry Alan West (Jerome ‘Jerry’ Alan West (born 1938))
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“When we procrastinate, we also put a hold on happiness.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
“A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.” -Bill Waterson (William Boyd ‘Bill’ Waterson II (born 1958))
Overheard: I bought a book titled “How to Stop Procrastinating,” and I have promised myself that someday, I am going to actually read it.
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“If you do it now, you won’t have to do it later.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Do not put your work off till tomorrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn.” -Hesiod (about 800 B.C.E. - about 720 B.C.E.)
“Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.” -Mason Cooley (1927 - 2002)
“How soon ‘not now’ becomes ‘never’.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.” -Ivan Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883))
“You may delay, but Time will not.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1758)
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” -Stephen King (Stephen Edwin King (born 1947))
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“I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung.” -Rabindranath Tagore (also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, born Rabindranath Thakur (1861 - 1941))
“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time.” -Author Unknown
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“While we are postponing, life speeds by.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Letters from a Stoic” (about C.E. 65), Letter 1, Verse 2
“I am a multi-tasking procrastinator . . . I can put off all kinds of things at once.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“What is deferred is not avoided.” -Thomas More (1478 - 1535): “Utopia” (1516)
“The dread of doing a task uses up more time and energy than doing the task itself.” -Rita Emmett (1943 - 2019): “The Procrastinator’s Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now” (2000)
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He who postpones the hour of living rightly
Is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
[translation to English]
Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,
Rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis.
[original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles,” Book I, epistle 2, lines 41 and 42
“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable are the kind who do nothing.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981))
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“A procrastinator’s work is never done.” -Author Unknown
“Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.” -Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (also known simply as Quintilian (about C.E. 35 - about C.E. 100))
“By-and-by never comes.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430))
Overheard: Some tasks have to be put off dozens of times before they will completely slip your mind.
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Shun delays, they breed remorse;
Take thy time while time is lent thee;
Creeping snails have weakest force,
Fly their fault lest thou repent thee.
Good is best when soonest wrought,
Linger’d labours come to nought.
-Robert Southwell (1561 - 1595): “Loss in Delay,” page 60, line 1; as quoted in William B. Turnbull, editor: “The Poetical Works of the Rev. Robert Southwell” (1856)
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” -Olin Miller (1918 - 2002)
“Things don’t get any easier by putting them off.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)): “The Razor’s Edge” (1943)
“Things dreaded require double time to accomplish them.” -James Lendall Basford (1845 - 1915)
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“What may be done at any Time will be done at no Time.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 5500
“The problem with a lot of people is that they procrastinate as if tomorrow doesn’t have some tasks of its own.” -Edmond Mbiaka
“Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!” -Donald Gardner
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“One of these days is none of these days.” -H. G. Bohn (Henry George Bohn (1796 - 1884)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Every duty which is bidden to wait, returns with seven fresh duties at its back.” -Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875): “Sermons for the Times” (1855)
“The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.” -Josh Billings (pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818 - 1885)): “Josh Billings’ Wit and Humor” (1874), page 208
Procrastination is the thief of time:
Year after year it steals, till all are fled,
And to the mercies of a moment leaves
The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
-Edward Young (1683 - 1765): “Night Thoughts” (1742 - 1745), ‘Night 1,’ lines 394 through 397
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870)): “David Copperfield” (1850) novel; words of character Mr. Micawber, speaking to character David Copperfield
“Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.” -Harry A. Hopf (Harry Arthur Hopf (1882 - 1949))
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“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” -Thomas Draxe (birth year unknown - 1618): “Adages” (1616)
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” -Stephen King (Stephen Edwin King (born 1947))
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“I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung.” -Rabindranath Tagore (also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, born Rabindranath Thakur (1861 - 1941))
“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time.” -Author Unknown
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“While we are postponing, life speeds by.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Letters from a Stoic” (about C.E. 65), Letter 1, Verse 2
“I am a multi-tasking procrastinator . . . I can put off all kinds of things at once.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“What is deferred is not avoided.” -Thomas More (1478 - 1535): “Utopia” (1516)
“The dread of doing a task uses up more time and energy than doing the task itself.” -Rita Emmett (1943 - 2019): “The Procrastinator’s Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now” (2000)
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He who postpones the hour of living rightly
Is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
[translation to English]
Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,
Rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis.
[original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles,” Book I, epistle 2, lines 41 and 42
“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable are the kind who do nothing.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981))
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“A procrastinator’s work is never done.” -Author Unknown
“Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.” -Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (also known simply as Quintilian (about C.E. 35 - about C.E. 100))
“By-and-by never comes.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430))
Overheard: Some tasks have to be put off dozens of times before they will completely slip your mind.
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Shun delays, they breed remorse;
Take thy time while time is lent thee;
Creeping snails have weakest force,
Fly their fault lest thou repent thee.
Good is best when soonest wrought,
Linger’d labours come to nought.
-Robert Southwell (1561 - 1595): “Loss in Delay,” page 60, line 1; as quoted in William B. Turnbull, editor: “The Poetical Works of the Rev. Robert Southwell” (1856)
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” -Olin Miller (1918 - 2002)
“Things don’t get any easier by putting them off.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)): “The Razor’s Edge” (1943)
“Things dreaded require double time to accomplish them.” -James Lendall Basford (1845 - 1915)
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“What may be done at any Time will be done at no Time.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 5500
“The problem with a lot of people is that they procrastinate as if tomorrow doesn’t have some tasks of its own.” -Edmond Mbiaka
“Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!” -Donald Gardner
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“One of these days is none of these days.” -H. G. Bohn (Henry George Bohn (1796 - 1884)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Every duty which is bidden to wait, returns with seven fresh duties at its back.” -Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875): “Sermons for the Times” (1855)
“The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.” -Josh Billings (pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818 - 1885)): “Josh Billings’ Wit and Humor” (1874), page 208
Procrastination is the thief of time:
Year after year it steals, till all are fled,
And to the mercies of a moment leaves
The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
-Edward Young (1683 - 1765): “Night Thoughts” (1742 - 1745), ‘Night 1,’ lines 394 through 397
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870)): “David Copperfield” (1850) novel; words of character Mr. Micawber, speaking to character David Copperfield
“Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.” -Harry A. Hopf (Harry Arthur Hopf (1882 - 1949))
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“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” -Thomas Draxe (birth year unknown - 1618): “Adages” (1616)
Lose This Day Loitering
Lose this day loitering - ’twill be the same story
To-morrow - and the next more dilatory;
Each indecision brings its own delays,
And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days,
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute -
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated -
Begin it, and then the work will be completed!
By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “Faust,” Part 1 (1808) and Part 2 (1832)
“Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.” -Harry A. Hopf
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“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 (Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu (1892 - 1973))
“Procrastination is a teardrop in the sands of time.” -Heath Byers
“Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
“I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.” -Stephanie Pearl McPhee (Stephanie Anne Pearl-McPhee (born 1968))
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“The man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all . . .” -Jim Elliot (1927 - 1956)
“There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down - until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.” -George Sheehan (1918 - 1993)
“It has been a productive day - I got a lot of procrastinating accomplished.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Procrastination is a road-block in the path of success.” -Author Unknown
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow’s Sun to thee may never rise.
-William Congreve (1670 - 1729): “Letter to Cobham,” line 61
“Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow.” -Gerald Vaughan
“Postpone not a good action.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
Layin’ in the Sun,
Talkin’ bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shoulda done . . .
But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All ran away and hid
From one little did.
-Shel Silverstein (Sheldon Allan ‘Shel’ Silverstein (1930 - 1999)): “Falling Up” (1996)
“Nothing so perilous as procrastination.” -John Lyly (about 1554 - 1606)
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Butter.
Butter, who?
Butter late than never!
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“Don’t put off for tomorrow what you should do today.” -Aesop: “The Grasshopper and the Ants” (about 6th century B.C.E.)
“Someday is not a day of the week.” -Janet Dailey (Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (1944 - 2013))
“If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll get nothing done.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): as quoted in Jerald Greenberg and Robert A. Baron: ”Behavior in Organizations: Understanding & Managing the Human Side of Work” (1995), page 371
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“If and When were planted, and Nothing grew.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927): “If and When” at https://www.QuotesChristian.com
“He who hesitates is last.” -Mae West (1892 - 1980)
“By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there’s no more future left for them.” -Roger L’Estrange (1616 - 1704)
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“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 of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
“Procrastination is the fault most people put off correcting.” -Author Unknown
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“Make use of time, if thou valuest eternity. Yesterday cannot be recalled; to-morrow cannot be assured; to-day only is thine, which, if thou procrastinatest, thou losest, which loss is lost forever.” -Jeremy Taylor (1613 - 1667): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 582
“If you have goals and procrastination, you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want.” -Thomas J. Vilord (Thomas Joseph Vilord (born 1975))
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“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.” -Robert Benchley (Robert Charles Benchley (1889 - 1945)): as quoted in Robert E. Drennan, editor: “The Algonquin Wits” (1968)
“By the street of By-and-By, one arrives at the House of Never.” -Miguel de Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)): “Don Quixote” (1605)
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” -Hunter S. Thompson (Hunter Stockton Thompson (1937 - 2005)): “The Proud Highway” (1997)
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“There is no avoidance in delay.” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.): “Agamemnon” (about 458 B.C.E.)
“Procrastination can lead to undue stress! Do it, finish it, and have less stress in your life!” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com
“If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.” -Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
Overheard: I am just waiting to do my work at the last minute, because by then I will be older and wiser.
“Whatever can be done another day can be done today.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (“Essays”) (March 1580), Book 1, chapter 20
“Let’s get started while we’re still young!” -Author Unknown: words said by a man who was seventy-five years of age
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We are MFOL! . . . we can all make the future better than the present by making ‘someday’ into ‘today’ . . .
Lose this day loitering - ’twill be the same story
To-morrow - and the next more dilatory;
Each indecision brings its own delays,
And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days,
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute -
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated -
Begin it, and then the work will be completed!
By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “Faust,” Part 1 (1808) and Part 2 (1832)
“Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.” -Harry A. Hopf
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“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 (Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu (1892 - 1973))
“Procrastination is a teardrop in the sands of time.” -Heath Byers
“Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
“I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.” -Stephanie Pearl McPhee (Stephanie Anne Pearl-McPhee (born 1968))
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“The man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all . . .” -Jim Elliot (1927 - 1956)
“There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down - until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.” -George Sheehan (1918 - 1993)
“It has been a productive day - I got a lot of procrastinating accomplished.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Procrastination is a road-block in the path of success.” -Author Unknown
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow’s Sun to thee may never rise.
-William Congreve (1670 - 1729): “Letter to Cobham,” line 61
“Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow.” -Gerald Vaughan
“Postpone not a good action.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
Layin’ in the Sun,
Talkin’ bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shoulda done . . .
But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All ran away and hid
From one little did.
-Shel Silverstein (Sheldon Allan ‘Shel’ Silverstein (1930 - 1999)): “Falling Up” (1996)
“Nothing so perilous as procrastination.” -John Lyly (about 1554 - 1606)
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Butter.
Butter, who?
Butter late than never!
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“Don’t put off for tomorrow what you should do today.” -Aesop: “The Grasshopper and the Ants” (about 6th century B.C.E.)
“Someday is not a day of the week.” -Janet Dailey (Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (1944 - 2013))
“If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll get nothing done.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): as quoted in Jerald Greenberg and Robert A. Baron: ”Behavior in Organizations: Understanding & Managing the Human Side of Work” (1995), page 371
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“If and When were planted, and Nothing grew.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927): “If and When” at https://www.QuotesChristian.com
“He who hesitates is last.” -Mae West (1892 - 1980)
“By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there’s no more future left for them.” -Roger L’Estrange (1616 - 1704)
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“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 of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
“Procrastination is the fault most people put off correcting.” -Author Unknown
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“Make use of time, if thou valuest eternity. Yesterday cannot be recalled; to-morrow cannot be assured; to-day only is thine, which, if thou procrastinatest, thou losest, which loss is lost forever.” -Jeremy Taylor (1613 - 1667): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 582
“If you have goals and procrastination, you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want.” -Thomas J. Vilord (Thomas Joseph Vilord (born 1975))
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“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.” -Robert Benchley (Robert Charles Benchley (1889 - 1945)): as quoted in Robert E. Drennan, editor: “The Algonquin Wits” (1968)
“By the street of By-and-By, one arrives at the House of Never.” -Miguel de Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)): “Don Quixote” (1605)
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” -Hunter S. Thompson (Hunter Stockton Thompson (1937 - 2005)): “The Proud Highway” (1997)
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“There is no avoidance in delay.” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.): “Agamemnon” (about 458 B.C.E.)
“Procrastination can lead to undue stress! Do it, finish it, and have less stress in your life!” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com
“If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.” -Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
Overheard: I am just waiting to do my work at the last minute, because by then I will be older and wiser.
“Whatever can be done another day can be done today.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (“Essays”) (March 1580), Book 1, chapter 20
“Let’s get started while we’re still young!” -Author Unknown: words said by a man who was seventy-five years of age
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We are MFOL! . . . we can all make the future better than the present by making ‘someday’ into ‘today’ . . .
