Quotes About Procrastination

I was a good student, but I was the biggest procrastinator.

I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.

Sadly, some people never get beyond the box stage in their creative life. We all know people who have announced that they've started work on a project-- say, a book-- but some time passes, and when you politely ask how it's going, they tell you that they're still researching. Weeks, months, years pass and they produce nothing. They have tons of research but it's never enough to nudge them toward the actual process of writing the book.

I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.

Worry is today's mice nibbling on tomorrow's cheese

A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.

After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.

One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.

Procrastination is simply a way of deceiving yourself into believing your actions will be easier in the future.

You can't keep putting things off by grilling beards

Keep chasing your dreams before guilt of doing nothing touches your back

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.'

We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy.

When he [the slothful person] is pressed to be diligent, either in his worldly affairs or in the business of religion, this is his excuse (and a sorry excuse it is as bad as none).

Clean and restock your car at the end of each trip. No matter how tired you are, resist the temptation to let that empty muffin bag wait until mañana. Tomorrow turns into next week, next month.

The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.

The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.

If you have a goal that you still postpone, that means, it's not one of your strengths

The assertion that "somebody else will not let me do anything" should always be suspected as a cover-up for inertia.

But it is meaningless to speak of short-range and long-range plans. There are plans that lead to action today—and they are true plans, true strategic decisions. And there are plans that talk about action tomorrow—they are dreams, if not pretexts for nonthinking, nonplanning, nondoing. The