Quotes by Procrastination The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Steven Pressfield habitprocrastinationtoday The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work. Steven Pressfield destinyprocrastinationmotivational The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research. Stephen King procrastinationresearchcalling Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow. Steven Wright procrastinationhumorfunny If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how we live and spend our allotted time. We have to stop procrastinating, pretending that we have forever to do what we want to do and be what we long to be. Surya Das procrastinationforeverlong I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done. Susan Orlean procrastinationcreativethinking The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option. Tavi Gevinson platescuresprocrastination 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. Thomas de Quincey procrastinationdrinkingdeath Festination may prove Precipitation; Thomas Browne hasteprocrastinationwise The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings. Thomas Sowell productive-lifeproductive-workprocrastination Do not procrastinate. Someone has said that procrastination is the thief of time. Actually, procrastination is much more. It is the thief of our self-respect. It nags at us and spoils our fun. It deprives us of the fullest realization of our ambitions and hopes. Thomas S. Monson procrastinationambitionfun Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork. Tom Conti worsthabitprocrastination There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back. Tom DeMarco live-lifeprocrastinationinspiring Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW! Tom Peters worst-enemyprocrastinationthinking The best way to deal with procrastination is to postpone it. Tony Robbins dealsprocrastinationway Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety. Tryon Edwards safetyprocrastinationwisdom Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by. Vernon Howard procrastinationrunningmen Procrastination is opportunity's assassin. Victor Kiam procrastinationopportunityinspirational 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 procrastinationwritinghands Such is our impatience, such our hatred of procrastination, to everything but the amendment of our practices and the adornment of our nature, one would imagine we were dragging Time along by force, and not he us. Walter Savage Landor procrastinationhatredpractice«910111213141516171819»
