Quotes about procrastination
procrastination way may
We can be of so much service to others in many thou-shalt ways. Of course, the problem is that rendering such service takes time, and we are all so busy. Some situations may call for service that somehow seems to be beneath us. Besides, we have other things to do. The thou shalts are so convenient to put off. Who will notice the procrastination anyway? After all, we are not robbing a bank. Or are there forms of withholding that constitute stealing? Neal A. Maxwell
procrastination laziness
How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'! Martin Luther King, Jr.
procrastination civilization too-late
We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too Late’.
procrastination frustrated half
half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow. Maria Edgeworth
procrastination late stop-procrastination
Those who are late will be punished by life itself. Mikhail Gorbachev
procrastination opportunity slips
Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it]. Publilius Syrus
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Deliberando saepe perit occasio
procrastination delay doe
All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.
procrastination hateful affair
In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful Marcus Tullius Cicero
procrastination mean curves
Straightway is a power word. Straightway is an action word. It means immediately, without delay or hesitation. It means at once. Also, it is associated with having no curve or turn-a straight course, track, or path. Procrastination would be the very opposite of straightway. To procrastinate is to put off intentionally and habitually something that should be done. Procrastination is unproductive delay. Marvin J. Ashton
procrastination commitment self
How comfortable some of us become as we nestle in the web of procrastination. It is a false haven of rest for those who are content to live without purpose, commitment, or self-discipline.
procrastination progress weapons
Procrastination is a deadly weapon of human progress.
procrastination thinking want
Absolutely not. I'm an expert in procrastination, but the last thing I want you to think is that I'm incompetent, too. Because I'm actually pretty good at what I do." -Jo Nicholas Sparks
procrastination unfinished-business effort
Peace is more than a lofty ideal. It is a practical principle that, with conscious effort, can become a normal part of our lives as we deal with matters both large and small. One habit that prevents inner peace is procrastination. It clutters our minds with unfinished business and makes us uneasy until we finish a task and get it out of the way. Joseph B. Wirthlin
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 degrees paranoia
I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia. Joanne Harris
procrastination addiction drug
Addictive behavior is kind of the inverse of procrastination: procrastination is about not being able to do what you want to do, addiction about not being able to not do what you don't want to do (drink, use drugs, etc.) James Surowiecki
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.
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 ideas waiting
I have a terrible problem with procrastination... a friend told me, "Well, you should go to therapy." And I thought about it, but then I said, "Wait a minute. Why should I pay a stranger to listen to me talk when I can get strangers to pay to listen to me talk?" And that's when I got the idea of touring. Ellen DeGeneres
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether. Epictetus
procrastination putting-things-off facts
Tomorrow, the busiest day of the week. I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. Elle Varner
procrastination delay golden
Do not delay, Do not delay: the golden moments fly! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
procrastination men world
If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world. Henrik Ibsen
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 weak procrastinator
The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false. Johann Kaspar Lavater
procrastination accomplish-nothing should-have
You must master the habit of procrastination and eliminate it from your wake-up. This habit of putting off until tomorrow that which you should have done last week or last year or a score of years ago is gnawing at the very vitals of your being and you can accomplish nothing until you throw it off. Napoleon Hill
procrastination rocks sea
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
procrastination balance impatience
Procrastination and impatience form a system of checks and balances. Mason Cooley
procrastination choices firsts
Later is always my first choice.