Quotes about Procrastination
I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his memoirs, and had we known what we were putting off for a year, we might not have put it off.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
Pick the one thing that you've really been putting off, that seems too big or too scary or too whatever, and do it this week. You might be very pleasantly surprised.
— Jen Sincero
I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?
— Ronald Reagan
Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler
— Samuel Johnson
In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.
— Stephen Covey
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.
— Robin Sharma
The longer something takes, the less likely it is that you're going to finish it.
— Jason Fried
Later is where excuses live. Later is where good intentions go to die. Later is a broken back and a bent spirit. Later says "all-nighters are temporary until we've got this figured out." Unlikely. Make the change now.
— Jason Fried
Si quieres hacer algo, tienes que hacerlo ahora. No puedes aparcarlo durante un par de meses y luego volver. Sencillamente, no te puedes permitir decir que lo harás más tarde. Más tarde ya no estarás entusiasmado.
— Jason Fried
If you want to do something, you've got to do it now. You can't put it on a shelf and wait two months to get around to it. You can't just say you'll do it later. Later, you won't be pumped up about it anymore.
— Jason Fried
The problem comes when you postpone decisions in the hope that a perfect answer will come to you later. It won't. You're as likely to make a great call today as you are tomorrow.
— Jason Fried