Putting Things Off Quotes

• There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back.

  Adam Clymer

  Gone, Records, Way

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• Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

  George C. Lorimer

  Inspirational, Procrastination, Impossible

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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, Procrastination, Forever

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

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• Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  "Manners and speech or maxims extracted from Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son". Book by Lord Chesterfield, 1884.

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• One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Procrastination, Garden

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.22, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!

  Sam Levenson

  Time, Procrastination, Starting Over

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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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• He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Procrastination, Done, Tomorrow

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• Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Procrastination, Impossible, Procrastinating

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  One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.22, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• 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, Facts, Tomorrow

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• I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. -Ella Varner

  Lisa Kleypas

  Procrastination, Facts, Bigs

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• half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Procrastination, Frustrated, Half

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1823). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823”, p.363

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• Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.

  Joel Osteen

  Dream, Thinking, Habit

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• Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.

  James Surowiecki

  Fashion, Procrastination, College

  "Later". www.newyorker.com. October 11, 2010.

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