Quotes About Procrastination

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time.

Do not spend too much time planning or trying to anticipate and solve problems before they happen. That is just another kind of excuse for procrastination. Until you start, you won't know where the problems will occur. You won't have the experience to solve them. Instead, get into action, and solve the problems as they arise.

It's not what you do but what you don't do - the things you postpone, not the things you accomplish - that make you tired.

Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.

A Satanás no le importa lo espiritual que sean tus intenciones, siempre y cuando les dejes para mañana.

There's never enough time to do it right, But always enough time to do it over.

the old lament he had heard from the first enlisted sailors he had commanded. Why is there never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over?

Why is there never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over?

We are rarely lazy—we are simply afraid.

The problem is, you think you have time.

Sometimes procrastination is an action, not inaction.

ceux qui crèvent d'ennui, le dimanche après-midi parce qu'il voient venir le lundi et le mardi, et le mercredi , et le jeudi et le vendredi et le samedi et le dimanche apres midi

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

You clutch your comfortable excuses, saying, Someday I'll be brave, it won't take a lot, just give me one more chance and this time I'll grab it. .

Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'I can't wait to clean out some shit today.

qualcosa che si impara con l'età, la capacità di non affrettarsi quando si è già comunque in ritardo...

do. "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

At first we say it's too soon, then years go by and we say it's too late.

TOP TEN RESOLUTION PITFALLS 1. Being vague about what you want 2. Not making a serious commitment 3. Procrastinating and excuse making—no time, wrong time, dog ate my homework 4. Being unwilling to go through the awkward phase 5. Not setting up a tracking and reminder system 6. Expecting perfection, falling into guilt, shame, regret 7. Trying to go it alone 8. Telling yourself self-limiting rut stories 9. Not having backup plans 10. Turning slip-ups to give-ups

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. [State of the Union Address January 11 1962]

Laziness, I am afraid, was Charles's distinguishing trait.

Questions that begin with "When" lead to procrastination.

Putting things off means precious time is lost. Productivity suffers.