Deadline Quotes

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  I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

  Douglas Adams

  Love, Inspirational, Hilarious

  "The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time (Dirk Gently, Book 3)". Book by Douglas Adams, 2002.

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• A goal is a dream with a deadline.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Dream, Business

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, Lulu.com

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• Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. But their effectiveness is undeniable.

  David Eagleman

  Hate, Effectiveness, Knows

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• The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Motivational, Death, Inspiration

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• Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

  Harvey Mackay

  Priorities, Might, Helping

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• Everything is an experiment until it has a deadline. That gives it a destination, context, and a reason.

  Brian Eno

  Giving, Reason, Destination

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• Give yourself a deadline to stop planning and to start taking action.

  Andy Gilbert

  Giving, Action, Planning

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• A perfect method of adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

  Alyce Cornyn-Selby

  Life, Drama, Humorous

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• Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.

  Dhirubhai Ambani

  Inspirational, Powerful, Expectations

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• A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

  Harvey Mackay

  Motivational, Dream, Persistence

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• The moment you put a deadline on your dream,it becomes a goal.

  Harsha Bhogle

  Dream, Goal, Moments

  Anita Bhogle, Harsha Bhogle (2011). “The Winning Way”, p.34, Westland

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• What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 09, 2014

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• A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Business, Inspirational Life, Goal

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.145, Bantam

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• Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Dream, Successful, Thinking

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• As for inspiration, I find stark fear of missing the deadline very inspiring.

  Elizabeth Hoyt

  Inspiration, Missing, Very Inspiring

  "Romance Unlaced: Interview with Elizabeth Hoyt". Interview With Madeline Hunter, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. September 10, 2014.

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• Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

  Val Kilmer

  Restriction

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• Goals aren't enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn't much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.

  Ben Feldman

  Running, Encouragement, Goal

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• Like all writers, my greatest inspiration, my ultimate muse, is a deadline.

  Dave Barry

  Inspiration, Muse, Ultimate

  "Secrets of a Two-Time Pulitzer Winner". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. June 30, 2010.

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• As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies.

  Harvey Mackay

  Giving, Tasks, Schedules

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• I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.

  Harry Shearer

  Inspiration, People, Desperation

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  If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

  Yogi Berra

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

  "Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

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• Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.

  Sarah McLachlan

  Broken Heart, Broken Promises, Meant To Be

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• If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspiring, Success, Baseball

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• The only deadline is the one I give myself.

  Mark Thomas

  Giving

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• All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.

  Christian Bale

  Real, Giving, Tough Times

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