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Quotes About Delay

Therefore, please some good gentlemen, tell me that right name you call man who puts off doing those things that mighty good for him. Procrastinator, called a voice.
~ George S. Clason
Wise are thy words, my friend, responded the buyer. Good luck fled from procrastination in both these tales. Yet, this is not unusual. The spirit of procrastination is within all men. We desire riches; yet, how often when opportunity doth appear before us, that spirit of procrastination from within doth urge various delays in our acceptance. In listening to it we do become our own worst enemies.
~ George S. Clason
The spirit of procrastination is within all men. We
~ George S. Clason
I have seen what comes of being patient, Amanda said with a boding look. And I have no opinion of it. What does come of it? Inquired Sir Gareth. Nothing!
~ Georgette Heyer
Then she sighed, released his hand and , looking at him, shook her head and whispered, Too late.
~ Gerda Weissmann Klein
Moore's and stay, until the surprise comes.
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.
~ Adam Hughes
Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.
~ Gretchen Rubin
It has felt like the World Cup was never going to come for me.
~ Gareth Barry
But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.
~ William Cavendish
It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows.
~ William Empson
When 'SOTY 2' got delayed by a year, my dad actually didn't even congratulate me till the film released because that's how fickle the industry is. That's how dispensable people are.
~ Ananya Panday
I didn't pass my driving test till I was 38!
~ Rob Halford
I was really surprised when I was told that my grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister Chandranshu, and my birth was a big disappointment for her.
~ Saina Nehwal
I have a habit of not going to the doctor till the last minute.
~ Sanya Malhotra
There's time enough, but none to spare.
~ Charles W. Chesnutt
Success comes but with time. People want to achieve things very quickly; they are not patient.
~ Dutee Chand
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
~ Jim Hightower
I don't believe in guys waiting for title shots.
~ Max Holloway
I'm stuck in a waiting room with the TV on the same channel all day, and I'm never called in for my appointment.
~ Sarah Manguso
The dream was on hold. It wasn't dead.
~ Sarah Morgan
Can the theater teach us to wait? To forestall our satisfaction? Poems teach us how to wait. The natural world makes us wait. Erik Satie teaches us how to wait. And so does much music. Will YouTube teach us how to wait? Will YouTube teach us how to die?  
~ Sarah Ruhl
We may not get what we want, when we want. But with a bit of perseverance and a lot of patience, we can get what we need.
~ Sarah Strohmeyer
Sometimes if you wait too long, it's too late.
~ Sarah Strohmeyer