Quotes About Procrastination

You used to have the jokes about never fixing the roof until it rained. People were undoubtedly the same now, or worse. They might well wait until something happened that forced them to act; that something would almost certainly be unpleasant—most likely, serious. Yet

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

I need to write faster, but I make no promises. I found out long ago that when you look at the overall task, the cathedral you have to build, it looks so daunting that you just give up and sit down and play a video game.

He was beastly tired, but it was hard to stop. One more book, he had told himself, then I'll stop. One more folio, just one more. One more page, then I'll go up and rest and get a bite to eat. But there was always another page after that one, and another after that, and another book waiting underneath the pile. I'll just take a quick peek to see what this one is about, he'd think, and before he knew he would be halfway through it.

Hard things only grow harder if y ou put them off.

one more book, he had told himself, then i'll stop. one more folio, just one more. one more page then i'll go up and rest and get a bite to eat. But there was always another page after that one, and another after that, and another book waiting underneath the pile. "I'll just take a quick peek to see what this one is about", he'd think, and before he knew he would be halfway through it. Ladies and Gentlemen, SAMWELL TARLY IS ONE OF US!

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting--died

Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the year.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.... I had poems which were rewritten so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.

Who loses a day loses life.

The clock upbraids me with the waste of time.

Killing time is the chief end of our society.

If you want to kill time, try working it to death.

Friends, I beg you do not shirk your daily task of indolence.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and, therefore, one seldom does it at all; whereas those who have a great deal of business must buckle to it; and then they always find time enough to do it.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line? Will it be everything you dreamed of? We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.

In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.