Quotes about Procrastination

There are many excuses not to write. Try using writing as an excuse not to do other things.

A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to him.  If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable him to reach the waves, which are perhaps within a yard of him.  The world is full of human lobsters; people stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat.

Procrastination - STOP IT and PROFIT

Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off."

"If you allow procrastination to do it's job, success will be laid off." ---Destiny Jones (Tampa, FL)

It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work.  Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago.  But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

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

He who, from sheer lack of purpose, drifts through life, letting the golden years of his highest hopes glide empty back into the perspective of his past while he fills his ears with the lorelei song of procrastination is working overtime in accumulating remorse to darken his future. He is idly permitting the crown of his individuality to remain an irritating symbol of what might be rather than a joyous emblem of what is. This man is reigning, for reign he must, but he is not-ruling.

You know you're getting old when it takes to much effort to procrastinate.

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.

The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

When the right thing is understood, but one slackens his performance; then his attention will become commanded by the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches and the lust of other things. When these things come to dominate one's interest, his performance of the more important spiritual insights will fail. Belief without performance will never produce desired results. It is like planting seeds in your garden, watering the garden until they sprout, then failing to continue to water and weed thereafter. Likewise, a person caught by procrastination in the stony and thorny ground of mere belief, will never reap the fruits of his ideals.

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.

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit.

Procrastination is the thief of time

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Delay and procrastination is hateful. - Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est

Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.