Quotes About Procrastination

Soon is not as good as now.

Conran's Law of Housework - it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour.

We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait.

No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.

What is the definition of procrastination? It means: I can feel within my Energy sensor that this action is not in perfect alignment at this time.

It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out.

Every time I talked about making a picture I didn't do it. I had already done it - talking about it! I quit talking.

If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.

the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do.

A procrastinator is a thief of his or her own time.

There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was time to begin, He couldn't because of the state he was in.

Any time we have projects that we haven't begun or completed, they drain energy.

The only time not wasted is wasted time.

When we waste our time, our time wastes us

I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it's like: to have a procrastination tool, like, within my computer... it was just getting too hairy.

It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.

Kill time and you will kill your career.

Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never quite make a decision.

Procrastination-thou wretched thief of time and opportunity!

In the same way that the stewards on the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the enormous hole in the side of the ship which was letting in zillions of gallons of water, I too was worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital. Sometimes it's easier that way. Because although there was little I could do about the huge hole, it was within my power to empty an asthray.

The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming. . . . These people are waiting for a bus on a street where no busses pass. . . . They can end up waiting forever. And that is what most people do. BRIAN TRACY   

I guess I can picture things once they're done - I just can't picture actually doing them.

If I am not for myself, who will be? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?

Put it off for a bit. All life is putting off. Well, not entirely.