Quotes about Procrastination
So runs the genealogy of many another sin: idleness is usually the grandfather of the crime, whatever the father might be.
— Charles Spurgeon
Nothing so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task…
— William James
Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
— George Lorimer
Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.
— Oscar Wilde
I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.
— Oscar Wilde
One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
— Dale Carnegie
Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.
— John Maxwell
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.
— CS Lewis
Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.
— Stephen Hawking
Lord Henry had not yet come in. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
— Oscar Wilde
I remember your saying once that there is a fatality about good resolutions—that they are always made too late. Mine certainly were.
— Oscar Wilde
Lord Henry had not come in yet. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
— Oscar Wilde