Quotes about Procrastination

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Votes: 5

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. Votes: 5

Procrastination is the thief of time. Votes: 4

Procrastination has robbed us of too many opportunities. Votes: 4

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried. Votes: 4

Procrastination is assassination on the amazing future God has for you. Votes: 4

Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting-officer of hell. Votes: 4

Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy. Votes: 4

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the fear of success. Votes: 3

Procrastination is a lazy man's apology. Votes: 3

Procrastination is another form of resistance Votes: 3

Procrastination is the beginning of poor performance. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment. Votes: 3

Procrastination robs the world of countless treasures. Votes: 3

Procrastination-thou wretched thief of time and opportunity! Votes: 3

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan. Votes: 3

Procrastination is what we often call 'resistance. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the seed of self destruction. Votes: 3

Procrastination is a sign of a perfectionist. Votes: 3

Procrastination is a deadly weapon of human progress. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him. Votes: 3

Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder. Votes: 3

Procrastination is hardly more evil than grasping impatience. Votes: 3

Procrastination causes pressure that zaps creativity and excellence. Votes: 3

Procrastination always gives you something to look forward to. Votes: 3

Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage. Votes: 3

Procrastination and impatience form a system of checks and balances. Votes: 3

Procrastination is one of the most expensive invisible costs in business today. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the best action against putting an ankle bracelet on future. Votes: 3

Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task Votes: 3

Procrastination is a way of living in the past instead of the present moment. Votes: 3

Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption – it corrupts valuable time Votes: 3

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. Votes: 3

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure. Votes: 3

Inaction that results from indulgence is Procrastination. Inaction that results from intention is Patience. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled. Votes: 3

Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don't put it off. Votes: 3

Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork. Votes: 3

Procrastination in the beginning and precipitation towards the conclusion is the characteristic of such bodies. Votes: 3

Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill. Votes: 3

Procrastination is One of those Excuses, Born of Fear, that we Use to Keep Ourselves Stuck Votes: 3

My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Votes: 3

Procrastinate strategically...Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity. Votes: 3

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself. Votes: 3

All we have is here and now. That's why procrastination feels so right. Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. Votes: 3

Procrastination isn't the problem. It's the solution. It's the universe's way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast. Votes: 3

Procrastination and excuses really have the energy to make your picture small and blurred if you offer them that image! Votes: 3

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. Votes: 3

Procrastination is the longest word in the language, but there's only one letter between its ends when they occupy their proper places in the alphabet. Votes: 3

Procrastination can be driven from your personality through the simple technique of constantly commanding yourself to get into action . . . and then obeying that command immediately. Votes: 3

Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by. Votes: 3

Procrastination also can be a way of self-handicapping: if you don't do a great job, you can always say to yourself, "If I'd only started sooner, I'd have been able to produce something excellent." Votes: 3

Procrastination is a common reaction to feeling overwhelmed or fear of failure. Instead of taking on too much at once and overwhelming yourself, break things down and take one small action step at a time. Votes: 3

The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more predict tomorrow than we can the weather. Procrastination is the thief of dreams. Votes: 3

We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words "˜Too Late'. Votes: 3

The main factors that sponsor the abuse of time include procrastination and excuses. Procrastination makes you to shift a task that you can do now into the unseen future; excuses are the reasons why you shift that task. Votes: 3

Procrastination most often arises from a sense that there is too much to do, and hence no single aspect of the to-do worth doing. . . . Underneath this rather antic form of action-as-inaction is the much more unsettling question whether anything is worth doing at all. Votes: 3

Procrastination is something you do yourself. You know: "I gotta sharpen these pencils before I start. I got 20 pencils, they're looking kinda dull." Well, the pencils aren't calling you and alluring you and inviting you and offering you anything. They're just sitting there. You're the one who's procrastinating. Votes: 3

Don't wait. The time will never be just right. Votes: 2

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Votes: 2

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done. Votes: 2

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Votes: 2

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Votes: 2

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. Votes: 2

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Votes: 2

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Votes: 2

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. Votes: 2

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. Votes: 2

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done. Votes: 2

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. Votes: 2

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it. Votes: 2

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Votes: 2

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Votes: 2

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Votes: 2

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. Votes: 2

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow. Votes: 2

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. Votes: 2

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. Votes: 2

Does research get in the way of the story? It certainly can. Anything can, given that as writers we're all geniuses at procrastination. But mostly research teaches me about the world. Which often shows me the way, in terms of the story. Votes: 2

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. Votes: 2

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia. Votes: 1

My biggest regret could be summed up in one word, and that's procrastination. Votes: 1

I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly. Votes: 1

Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you. Votes: 1

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. Votes: 1

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time. Votes: 1

My life is a monument to procrastination, to the art of putting things off until later, or much later, or possibly never. Votes: 1

I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done. Votes: 1

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety. Votes: 1

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Votes: 1

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes. Votes: 1

If you want to be certain, you should never get married. You should never change jobs. In fact, you might as well just stay home. Because I don't know anybody who is certain. That need to be certain is just procrastination. Votes: 1

One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we're idling in front of our computer screens. Votes: 1

Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece. Votes: 1

I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I'm on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear. The fear, of course, is that I'll sit down at the desk and discover that what I've written is claptrap. Fear inevitably leads to procrastination. Votes: 1

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. Votes: 1

The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy. Votes: 1

Nothing so perilous as procrastination Votes: 0

Action will destroy your procrastination. Votes: 0

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination. Votes: 0

This is a pie chart about procrastination. Votes: 0

The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research. Votes: 0

Don't let your want for perfection become procrastination Votes: 0

Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . . Votes: 0

Don't let perfection become procrastination . Do it now. Votes: 0

When it comes to death, procrastination is encouraged. Votes: 0

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear. Votes: 0

I have a funny process : it’s called procrastination. Votes: 0

Drug use and procrastination often go hand in tourniquet. Votes: 0

Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly! Votes: 0

Doesn't reincarnation strike you as just another form of procrastination? Votes: 0

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination. Votes: 0

The best way to deal with procrastination is to postpone it. Votes: 0

The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation. Votes: 0

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit. Votes: 0

If procrastination were a marketable skill, I'd be a real hot commodity. Votes: 0

In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful Votes: 0

There is sometimes only a very fine line between deliberation and procrastination. Votes: 0

Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination. Votes: 0

The cost of procrastination is generally far greater than the cost of making mistakes. Votes: 0

Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. Votes: 0

I manage my time by prioritizing tasks, working smarter not harder, and by avoiding procrastination. Votes: 0

One thing that's good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow. Votes: 0

God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. Votes: 0

Most procrastination is largely indecision. Someone has said that "hell is just truth seen too late." Votes: 0

So I won't. I won't think of it, and I'll make procrastination my new national pastime. Votes: 0

The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large. Votes: 0

Once I finished, I got that procrastination monkey off my back! And I started seeing doors opening. Votes: 0

I don't think of it as procrastination. I think of it as allowing my work to accumulate urgency. Votes: 0

Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility. Votes: 0

Don't let procrastination take over your life. Be brave and take risks. Your life is happening right now. Votes: 0

the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks. Votes: 0

One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Votes: 0

A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life. Votes: 0

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination . Votes: 0

Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon. Votes: 0

Punctuality is closely related to faithfulness and dependability. Being tardy can be linked to uninterest, apathy, slothfulness and procrastination... Votes: 0

If and perhaps.... The language of procrastination and uncertainty. That's just people looking to justify their own lack of action. Votes: 0

Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination. Votes: 0

The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option. Votes: 0

Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination. Votes: 0

Consistency with the right strategic plan is the ultimate key to success. Yesterday's action would never make up for today's procrastination. Votes: 0

I have a problem with procrastination. I have a great deal of difficulty deciding what to wear. It's a woman thing. Votes: 0

No more excuses or procrastination! Stop allowing your days to be stolen by busy nothingness and take calculated steps towards your goals. Votes: 0

One of greatest thieves this world has is procrastination, and he is still at large. Are we aiding and abetting the criminal? Votes: 0

Laziness is when your sleep overcomes your passion, not under the influence of drugs but under the control of excuses and procrastination! Votes: 0

If you have goals and procrastination, you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want. Votes: 0

The interesting thing about procrastination is that is has more to do with what we fail to do than with what we do. Votes: 0

True blessing comes in the dress of sweats, never delaying to wave bye to the excuses and procrastination. True blessing lies in hard work! Votes: 0

Imagine what your life would be like if you were completely uninhibited by fear, pride, or procrastination. What would you be capable of? Anything. Votes: 0

Creative avoidance is the type of procrastination that affects home business entrepreneurs the most. It is unconsciously filling our day with trivial, unimportant work. Votes: 0

Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it. Votes: 0

The obvious danger is that in some situations [denial] can lead to procrastination in seeking help or to avoidance of action that might prevent harm. Votes: 0

The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of appeasement Votes: 0

What is the definition of procrastination? It means: I can feel within my Energy sensor that this action is not in perfect alignment at this time. Votes: 0

If hard work is the source of happiness, then we can conclude that the main job of procrastination is to delay that happiness for excuses to kill. Votes: 0

When I think of procrastination I think of masturbation. Both feel really, really good while you are doing it; but in the end, you are fucking yourself. Votes: 0

When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet. Votes: 0

For me, most of the anxiety and difficulty of writing takes place in the act of not writing. It's the procrastination, the thinking about writing that's difficult. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences. Votes: 0

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW! Votes: 0

The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences. Votes: 0

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Votes: 0

The old saying that "success breeds success" has something to it. It's that feeling of confidence that can banish negativity and procrastination and get you going the right way. Votes: 0

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Votes: 0

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Votes: 0

My favorite procrastination is to make the choice to have valuable times with human beings that I care about instead of holing myself up alone to get my work done. Votes: 0

I think there is clearly a connection between free time and procrastination. The more you have of the former, all things being equal, the more likely you are to procrastinate. Votes: 0

If the world is a progressively realized community of interpretation, then either quadruplictity will drink procrastination or, provided that the nothing negates, boredom will ensue seldom more often than frequently. Votes: 0

Absolutely not. I'm an expert in procrastination, but the last thing I want you to think is that I'm incompetent, too. Because I'm actually pretty good at what I do." -Jo Votes: 0

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that's on a good day. Votes: 0

Where procrastination and excuses reign, success is highly missed than delayed. Opportunity they say comes but once. You must therefore be prepared to tap every good opportunity that appears on your way Votes: 0

Resist the short term temptation of procrastination; the immediate pleasure and relief that it brings does not fair in comparison to the long lasting damage it does to your dreams and goals. Votes: 0

Someone may have all the technical knowledge, scientific intellect and business know-how but when he/she decides to choose laziness, excuses, procrastination, complaining and other bad attitudes, his/her relevance is meaningless. Votes: 0

We went to lunch and were talking about procrastination and the waitress overheard us and she said, 'I have a problem with procrastination, too.' I said 'Really?... Get my sandwich.' Votes: 0

If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world. Votes: 0

How comfortable some of us become as we nestle in the web of procrastination. It is a false haven of rest for those who are content to live without purpose, commitment, or self-discipline. Votes: 0

Purple Plumeria' I dithered over for months and then wrote the whole thing between the beginning of July and end of August. The dithering and procrastination time was three times the writing times. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Resisting a task is usually a sign that it's meaningful-which is why it's awakening your fears and stimulating procrastination. You could adopt "Do whatever you're resisting the most" as a philosophy of life. Votes: 0

Writing is 90% procrastination. It is a matter of doing everything you can to avoid writing, until it is about four in the morning and you reach the point where you have to write. Votes: 0

One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to do and no clear sense of which matter more, when they should be done, etc. Votes: 0

My favorite method of procrastination is to do something else that needs doing, but not quite so imminently. Sleeping is also good, as is drinking until you really can't do anything very well anymore. Votes: 0

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Votes: 0

I try to procrastinate, if I can, productively, like I'll work on something else as procrastination. Or I take a walk. Because often I find, if you get out, more things come to you. Votes: 0