Quotes About Procrastination

Accurate analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, disclosed the fact that lack of decision was near the head of the list of the 30 major causes of failure. This is no mere statement of a theory— it is a fact. Procrastination

One of the first expedients of the professional writer that Isabella had learned from me was the art of procrastination. Every veteran in the trade knows that any activity, from sharpening a pencil to cataloging daydreams, takes precedence over sitting down at one's desk and squeezing one's brain.

Una delle prime risorse dello scrittore professionista che Isabella aveva imparato da me era l'arte e la pratica di procrastinare. Ogni veterano del mestiere sa che qualunque occupazione, dal temperare la matita al catalogare le ragnatele, ha la priorità al momento di sedersi alla scrivania per spremersi le meningi.

Tengo cosas que hacer. Después tendré toda la vida para morirme.

What I don't understand is why, instead of talking so much about this story, you don't just get on and write it.

There's a time when it's too late to do what you should have been doing all along.

Get a gym membership! If you have a membership, you're bound to go. If you say, like, 'Oh, I'll get it one day,' you're never going to do it.

Midnight is the time when we think, 'Well, we should probably send our last email; let me just check Facebook one more time.'

You know Washington. If the deadline is midnight, they'll start working on it at 11:30.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.

The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute.

We Brazilians, happily or unhappily, leave a lot to the last minute.

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

whilst her chief plan for relieving herself of her diurnal labours lay in postponing them

Delay is preferable to error.

NEVER PUT OFF FOR TOMORROW, WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY

If I gave in to my nature, I'd lie in bed until afternoon, you can believe me. It's actually hypocrisy for me to get up so early.

2. Impulse to "do one more thing" when I don't have enough time

Forgetting to pay bills • Living in a messy, disorganized environment

Struggling with depression and anxiety • Procrastinating and having difficulty accomplishing projects, even projects that initially excite you

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Edgar Bergen

Know the true value of time: snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Lord Chesterfield

Two sure ways to fail: Think and never do or do and never think.