Procrastination Quotes - Page 9

• If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.

  Robert Collier

  Time, Problem, Break

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• Nothing so perilous as procrastination

  John Lyly

  John Lyly, Leah Scragg (2003). “John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition”, p.58, Manchester University Press

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• By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them.

  Roger L'Estrange

  Delay, Whole Life, Left

  Sir Roger L'Estrange (1714). “Fables of Æsop and other eminent mythologists: with morals and reflections”, p.400

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• It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The worst thing you can do is nothing.

  Terry Pratchett

  Motivational, Change, Positive

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• We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. . . . Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, 'Too late.' ... Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Beautiful, Struggle, Opportunity

  Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City

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• It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.

  Hugh Laurie

  Time, Thinking, Waiting

  FaceBook post by Hugh Laurie from Aug 10, 2015

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• When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Philosophical

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• He who awaits much can expect little.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Expectations, Literature, Littles

  "Gabriel Garcia Marquez: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2014.

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• Never save the best for later. You don't know what tomorrow holds.

  Paulo Coelho

  Future, Enjoy Life, Novelists

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 25, 2011

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• Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Business, Forever, Important

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

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• No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.

  Denis Waitley

  Past, Matter, Today

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• Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Positive, Time

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.130

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• Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Funny Motivational, Famous Motivational

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• Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  "Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays Vol. 1 1852-1890".

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• Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off forever.

  P. J. Plauger

  Inspirational, Funny Motivational, Forever

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• If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

  Temple Grandin

  Motivational, Change, Positive

  "The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA" by Emily Shire, www.thedailybeast.com. November 17, 2014.

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• The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.533

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• There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.

  Tom DeMarco

  Inspiring, Live Life, Way

  Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister (2013). “Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams”, p.35, Addison-Wesley

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• All things come to those who wait.

  Violet Fane

  Patience, Funny Inspirational, Life Changing

  Violet Fane (1872). “From Dawn to Noon: Poems”, p.85

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• If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home. Because I don't know anybody who is certain. That need to be certain is just procrastination.

  Mark Burnett

  Jobs, Home, Needs

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• If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.

  Lee Iacocca

  Starting Over, Trying, Too Late

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• Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• The world is full of educated derelicts.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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