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Quotes about Procrastination

Life is short. You can't afford to put off what God has put in your heart. You don't have time to live with things holding you back.
— Joel Osteen
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
— Charles Stanley
Remember how long you have procrastinated, and how consistently you have failed to put to good use you suspended sentence from the gods. It is about time you realized the nature of the universe (of which you are part) and of the pwoer that rules it (to which your art owes its existence). Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it. (II.4)
— Marcus Aurelius
Remember how long you have been putting off these things, and how often you have received an opportunity from the gods, and yet do not use it.
— Marcus Aurelius
Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how
— Marcus Aurelius
To wait until the emergency is to be too late.
— Marcus Aurelius
Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
— Albert Schweitzer
The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.
— Dawson Trotman
Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.
— Charles Dickens
A man who does nothing never has time to do anything
— Charles Spurgeon
If you don't make a decision then time will make it for you and time will always side against you!
— Billy Graham
It's not time, Take it easy, Wait and see, It's someone else's turn - none of these stalls are appropriate for a leader in search of change. There's a small price for being too early, but a huge penalty for being too late. The longer you wait to launch an innovation, the less your effort is worth.
— Seth Godin