Quotes About Procrastination

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

One very important key to maintaining our daily sanity is a simple scheduling tactic I call Putting Things the Hell Off.

Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

Alberta had always had many forms of idling. She frittered away her time with virtuosity.

The transformative novelist J. K. Rowling has confessed to having "a distinct lack of motivation at university," her undistinguished record the result of spending "far too long in the coffee bar writing stories and far too little time at lectures.

Do today, what you usually can't do and save the frequent and usual things for tomorrow.

Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that a cow will back up to them.

Like many lazy people, once I started work I could not stop; perhaps that is why we avoid it.

Anger is the only thing to put off until tomorrow.

My biggest vice is playing solitaire on my iPad. It's bad. I mean, it's ridiculous.

Avoid sloth, the mother of all vices!

Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being honest.

Some days I wouldn't even go to class. I'd sit in the room and play video games with my friends and eat powdered mashed potatoes.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them.

They imagined that they were rushing now in order to savor their lives later, but so often, later never came.

procrastinate or self-sabotage as a way to stave off change — even positive change — because they're reluctant to give something up without knowing what they'll get in its place.

people procrastinate or self-sabotage as a way to stave off change — even positive change — because they're reluctant to give something up without knowing what they'll get in its place.

Maybe we should go to the gym later and do some crunches or something, Willa said, sounding less than enthused about this propect. Kylie shook her head. My brain just auto-corrected the word crunches to cupcakes...

Sometimes success is just getting the laundry into the dryer before the mildew sets in

I call it strategic incompetence." Shay's lips curved. "The art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.

I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

Later. Bad habit to get into," Thomas said. "Life's too short.

and several bulging bookshelves which I really will organize one day.

If I was writing during that window, then I imagine that the story was likely late as well and absolutely needed to be finished, so once again I met with inspiration at the corner of Late and Hurry up.