Procrastinator Quotes

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  Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Motivational, Sports, Congratulations

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• You may delay, but time will not.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.43, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

  William James

  Motivational, Clever, Procrastination

  William James (2008). “The Letters of William James”, p.249, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Time, Procrastination, Delay

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• Someday is not a day of the week.

  Janet Dailey

  Inspirational, Positive, I Hate You

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• Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Procrastination, Delay

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere,: with the notes of all the various commentators; printed complete from the best editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens”

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• Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.

  Christopher Parker

  Fun, Attitude, Procrastination

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• Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

  Don Marquis

  Witty, Art, Procrastination

  archy and mehitabel (1927) "certain maxims of archy"

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• Lost time is never found again.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Positive, Time

  Benjamin Franklin (1821). “Essays and Letters”, p.80

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• The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Procrastination, Weak

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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• I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.

  Susan Orlean

  Procrastination, Thinking, Creative

  "Named" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. July 19, 2010.

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• It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Happiness, Leadership, Procrastination

  Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

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• I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.

  Oscar Wilde

  Procrastination, Tomorrow, Can Do

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• The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with.

  Alton Brown

  Problem, Frustrating, Junkie

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• Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle.

  James Surowiecki

  Dream, Procrastination, Self

  "Later" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. October 11, 2010.

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• As a survival-happy species, our successes are calculated in the number of years we have extended our lives, with the reduction of suffering being only incidental to this aim. To stay alive under almost any circumstances is a sickness with us. Nothing could be more unhealthy than to “watch one’s health” as a means of stalling death. The lengths we will go as procrastinators of that last gasp only demonstrate a morbid dread of that event. By contrast, our fear of suffering is deficient.

  Thomas Ligotti

  Mean, Years, Numbers

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• Dear Procrastinator: Taking action in and of itself is not difficult, but is in fact satisfying and is usually followed by a sense of pride & accomplishment. However, it is THINKING about the action that you should be taking and NOT taking it that's difficult, as it leaves you feeling guilty and unsatisfied. THE SOLUTION: Stop thinking and take action NOW.

  Hal Elrod

  Pride, Thinking, Accomplishment

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Sep 03, 2010

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• The fantasy of doing a task perfectly is common with procrastinators; they set the bar for success very high. Then they are afraid to approach it. As the deadline approaches, they must set the bar lower.

  John Perry

  Tasks, Bars, Common

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.

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• Nothing focuses attention like a real deadline. If you are in a field where life and death, or having a job or not having a job, depends on not missing deadlines, you need to learn to manipulate yourself to meet them; often a good way of doing this is teaming up with non-procrastinators.

  John Perry

  Jobs, Real, Life And Death

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.

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• While procrastinating is not a flaw, being a structured procrastinator is actually one way of being pretty productive.

  John Perry

  Way, Flaws, Being Pretty

  "John Perry: An interview by Bob Morris". bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.

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• My friend Winnie is a procrastinator. He didn't get his birth mark til he was eight years old.

  Steven Wright

  Friendship, Eight, Years

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• I was surprised by how many people think of themselves as procrastinators, but, like me, seem to get a lot done anyway.

  John Perry

  Thinking, People, Done

  "John Perry: An interview by Bob Morris". bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.

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• A procrastinator is a thief of his or her own time.

  Jhoon Goo Rhee

  Motivational, Time, Art

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• I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Art, Procrastination, Apology

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.388

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• I had a terrible fight with my wife on New Year's Eve. She called me a procrastinator. So I finished addressing the Christmas cards and left.

  Robert Orben

  New Year, Fighting, Years

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