Quotes about procrastination
procrastination waiting return
Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. Charles Kingsley
procrastination putting-things-off done
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal. Baltasar Gracian
procrastination men fool
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. Edward Young
procrastination soul hell
Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting-officer of hell. Edward Irving
procrastination guy way
The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas. Damien Hirst
procrastination someday
Someday is not a day of the week.
procrastination today tomorrow
Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow. James A. Michener
procrastination should-have voice
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. Haile Selassie
procrastination firsts fearlessness
The first is based in fear, the second in fearlessness. Rhonda Britten
procrastination labor lingering
Lingering labors come to naught. Robert Southwell
procrastination writing hands
Many writers-in-waiting spend a lot of time avoiding the work at hand. The most common way to avoid writing is by procrastination. This is the writer's greatest enemy. There is little to say about it except that once you decide to write every day, you must make yourself sit at the desk or table for the required period whether or not you are putting down words. Make yourself take the time even if the hours seem fruitless. Ideally, after a few days or weeks of being chained to the desk, you will submit to the story that must be told. Walter Mosley
procrastination men truth-is
The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things. Jorge Luis Borges
procrastination names forgiving
Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself. Julia Cameron
procrastination opportunity slips
Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it]. Publilius Syrus
procrastination years waiting
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. Paulo Coelho
procrastination years thousand
Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live. Marcus Aurelius
procrastination plates cures
The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option. Tavi Gevinson
procrastination reluctance
Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . . Kate Morton
procrastination
Postpone not your life. Ralph Waldo Emerson
procrastination starting-over trying
If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. Lee Iacocca
procrastination purpose deathbed
Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed. Joseph Hall
procrastination giving looks
Procrastination always gives you something to look forward to. Joan Konner
procrastination safety way
Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety. John Ortberg
procrastination degrees paranoia
I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia. Joanne Harris
procrastination feelings different
One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to do and no clear sense of which matter more, when they should be done, etc. James Surowiecki
procrastination thinking years
I do think that procrastination evolved in humans for good reasons. If you're trying to stay alive as a human being on the savanna 20,000 years ago, worrying about what's right behind that bush is a lot more important than worrying about what might happen three weeks from now.
procrastination thinking connections
I think there is clearly a connection between free time and procrastination. The more you have of the former, all things being equal, the more likely you are to procrastinate.
procrastination delay golden
Do not delay, Do not delay: the golden moments fly! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
procrastination men hands
Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry makes work go well, but a man who puts off work is always at hand-grips with ruin. Hesiod
procrastination imagination privilege
Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you. Hilary Mantel
procrastination thinking imagination
I used to think that when I set out that doing the research was enough! But then the gaps would emerge that could only be filled by the imagination. And imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.
procrastination
Nothing so perilous as procrastination John Lyly
procrastination ideas mind
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. David Allen