Quotes About Procrastination

My mama used to say to me, What, you don't have time to do it right, but you do have time to do it over?

do it later. Guilt still gnawed on

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

When all is said and done, there is usually more said than done. [as quoted by Alfred E Neuman]

We push aside work that takes long—novels, poetry collections, biographies, articles, memoirs—to write e-mail messages that take little time while complaining we have no time to write.

If every kid who said he was going to the library, when he was really off doing something else, actually went to the library, they'd have to send out for more books.

I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start.

I hate email. It's so slow. On email it's never now. It's always then, which is why it's so easy to get lazy and let your inbox fill up.

Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, "Just wait."

When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success.

Procrastination is the fear of success.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.

So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it's easy to say, 'Ah, I'll workout tomorrow.' But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.

Cuando hay que hacer algo, lo mejor es no demorarlo para no tener que vivir temiéndolo.

Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than to live with the fear of it.

If you wait till they seem bad, you've waited way too long.

These days, I'm not sure it's ever a good idea to leave anything important for tomorrow.

With age, gone are the forevers of youth. Gone is the willingness to procrastinate, delay, to play the waiting game. Now each day is a treasure beyond compare . . . because there are so few such diadems left.

It's wise to learn how to cook,' Kessligh fumed, 'but a meal prepared over three weeks is inedible! There is wisdom in action! So stop talking, and act!

Who reflects too much will accomplish little.

If you don't do this now, I told myself, you'll never do it, and you'll be lying on your deathbed seeing how many likes you got on Instagram. I climbed into the car and refused to look back.