Procrastination Quotes - Page 6

• Procrastination is the seed of self destruction.

  Matthew Burton

  Self, Destruction, Seeds

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• Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life and energy.

  William Alcott

  Character, Giving, Energy

  William Andrus ALCOTT (1846). “The Young Woman's Guide to Excellence ... Tenth Stereotype Edition”, p.127

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• Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Done, Politics, Being Done

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1983). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

  Charles Francis Richter

  Motivation, Waiting, Trying

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• The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.

  Hesiod

  Struggle, Men, Ruins

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• The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Jobs, Zest, Hands

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• If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

  Nora Roberts

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Nora Roberts (2000). “Tears of the Moon”, p.70, Penguin

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• Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

  David Allen

  Ideas, Mind, Time Management

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• You must not procrastinate. Rather, you should make preparations so that even if you did die tonight, you would have no regrets. If you develop an appreciation for the uncertainty and imminence of death, your sense of the importance of using your time wisely will get stronger and stronger.

  Dalai Lama

  Appreciation, Regret, Preparation

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• Procrastination is a sign of a perfectionist.

  Patrick J. Kennedy

  Perfectionist

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• Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

  Aesop

  Today, Tomorrow, Should

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• If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

  Jackie Collins

  Writing, Talking, Want

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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, Garden, Rose

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

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• Don't be afraid of failure, be afraid of not trying in the first place.

  Marie Forleo

  Encouraging, Failure, Trying

  FaceBook post by Marie Forleo from Dec 19, 2014

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• Procrastination is One of those Excuses, Born of Fear, that we Use to Keep Ourselves Stuck

  Wayne Dyer

  Use, Born, Stuck

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• Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Political, Denial, Delay

  The Law of Delay ch. 13 (1971)

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• Deliberando saepe perit occasio

  Publilius Syrus

  Publilius Syrus “Die Sprüche: Lateinisch - Deutsch”, Walter de Gruyter

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• The cost of procrastination is generally far greater than the cost of making mistakes.

  Robert Ringer

  Mistake, Cost, Greater

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• He who hesitates is a damned fool.

  Mae West

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• During a very busy life I have often been asked, "How did you manage to do it all?" The answer is very simple. It is because I did everything promptly.

  Richard Tangye

  Simple, Answers, Busy

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• All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.

  Publilius Syrus

  Doe, Delay, Helpful

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• Those who are late will be punished by life itself.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Late, Stop Procrastination

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• Indecisiveness and procrastination are the chosen ways of life for most people. They follow the course of least resistance, which is to do nothing. This provides a security blanket of never being wrong, never making mistakes, never being disappointed and never failing. But they will also never succeed.

  David Peoples

  Mistake, People, Way

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• Procrastination has robbed us of too many opportunities.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Opportunity

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, p.25, Random House

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• Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

  Victor Kiam

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Assassins

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