Quotes About Procrastination

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves

Now I know that if you wait till you think you are ready, you'll wait all your life.

If you wait till you think you are ready, you'll wait all your life.

Now I know that if you wait till you think you are ready, you'll wait all your life.

Now I know if you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves, more often than not

Delays and laziness are the two great gulfs in which multitudes of souls are drowned and perish.

the house is on fire, but go ahead - finish painting the verandah...

We all use the future to escape the present.

And while I at length debate and beat the bush,There shall step in other men and catch the birds.

An imbalance of these neurotransmitters is why some people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) come across as stress junkies. They have to get stressed to focus. It's one of the primary factors in procrastination. People learn to wait until the Sword of Damocles is ready to fall—it's only then, when stress unleashes norepinephrine and dopamine, that they can sit down and do the work.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

proluctance n. the paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to-opening a decisive letter, meeting up with a friend who's finally back in town, reading a new book from your favorite author-perpetually waiting around for the right state of mind, stretching out the bliss of anticipation as long as you can.

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

Delays breed dangers.

But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.

Sometimes, laziness was the next best thing to genius.

Knowing what to do doesn't help at all when you have a habit of justifying why today isn't the day to do the work—convincing yourself that tomorrow holds some promise today doesn't.

I'm not lazy. I'm just really gifted, only instead of being good at music or math I'm good at sleeping late.

It's better to oversleep and miss the boat than get up early and sink.

Charity didn't mean to waste the entire afternoon. But her favorite daytime drama was on the telly. It was always the same, she thought, stretching out on the bed to watch. The sex got her interested first, and then the story. Before long she was totally hooked, and deep into the intricate plots and the glamorous goings-on. And afterwards, she just felt drained. She was sound asleep by the time Lady Margaret came home.

Charity knew she had to begin looking for a job soon. Definitely tomorrow, or the next day. Or perhaps the day after that. Charity didn't believe in procrastination. She just needed to plan her strategy. She was sound asleep on the sofa when Lady Margaret got back from London.

Once you've postponed doing what's right, you become a big part of what's wrong.

Something I've learned: once you postpone doing what's right, you become a big part of what's wrong.