Quotes by Procrastination When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet. Noah Baumbach finding-yourselfprocrastinationwriting I try to procrastinate, if I can, productively, like I'll work on something else as procrastination. Or I take a walk. Because often I find, if you get out, more things come to you. Noah Baumbach procrastinatingprocrastinationtrying If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done. Norman Vincent Peale procrastinationdoneinspirational 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. Norman Vincent Peale zestprocrastinationjobs Action will destroy your procrastination. Og Mandino procrastinationself-esteemclever Resisting a task is usually a sign that it's meaningful-which is why it's awakening your fears and stimulating procrastination. You could adopt "Do whatever you're resisting the most" as a philosophy of life. Oliver Burkeman procrastinationmeaningfulphilosophy Procrastination can be driven from your personality through the simple technique of constantly commanding yourself to get into action . . . and then obeying that command immediately. Og Mandino procrastinationsimplemotivational My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear ... now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror.... I will walk where the failure fears to walk. Og Mandino greatnessprocrastinationheart This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live. Omar N. Bradley procrastinationhumorlife 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. Orison Swett Marden rocksprocrastinationsea I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after. Oscar Wilde procrastinatorprocrastinationtomorrow If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow. Ovid procrastinationtomorrowtoday Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever. P. J. Plauger funny-motivationalprocrastinationinspirational I write at a standing desk, which has helped me be much more productive and solved some back problems, but mostly all my quirky habits have to do with procrastination and avoidance rather than with work. I'm slowly trying to stamp those out. Paolo Bacigalupi quirkyprocrastinationwriting We pass our life in deliberation, and we die upon it. Pasquier Quesnel deliberationdiesprocrastination Procrastination is a sign of a perfectionist. Patrick J. Kennedy perfectionistprocrastination There is sometimes only a very fine line between deliberation and procrastination. Paul Allen Walker linesprocrastinationsometimes Photo of boy with white dirt on his faceYou may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over. Paul H. Dunn procrastinationrunningboys Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. Paul Rudnick procrastinationreadingwriting Writing is 90% procrastination. It is a matter of doing everything you can to avoid writing, until it is about four in the morning and you reach the point where you have to write. Paul Rudnick procrastinationwritingmorning«89101112131415161718»
