Procrastinating Quotes

“Both positive and negative thinking are contagious.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.”
― Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

“Habitual procrastinators will readily testify to all the lost opportunities, missed deadlines, failed relationships and even monetary losses incurred just because of one nasty habit of putting things off until it is often too late.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.”
― Don Roff

“Q: When is the perfect time? A: Who can say, but probably somewhere between haste and delay - and it's usually most wise to start today.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“To-morrow I will begin," thought Katy, as she dropped asleep that night. How often we all do so! And what a pity it is that when morning comes and to-morrow is to-day, we so frequently wake up feeling quite differently; careless or impatient, and not a bit inclined to do the fine things we planned overnight.”
― Susan Coolidge, What Katy Did

“How often do you find yourself saying, “In a minute”, “I’ll get to it” or “Tomorrow’s good enough” and every other possible excuse in the book? Compare it with how often you decide it’s got to be done, so let’s get on and do it! That should tell you just how serious your procrastinating problem really is.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“When we procrastinate, we also put a hold on happiness.”
― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

“Procrasdemon is fighting hard to feed off of distractions and pleasures.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“Stop sleeping, Get to work! You will have much time to sleep when you die.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Kill the darlings in your life. Laziness, wishful thinking, procrastination; kill them”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Procrastination threatens to rob us of those things that are most important in our lives.”
― Richie Norton, The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret

“How can you attain satisfaction if you have more excuses than action?”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich

“Lazy people, the truly lazy people live on information, strategies, ideas, plans and many other criticals, simply to spend one hour of hard work and make the rest feel like a breeze.”
― Alan Rios

“Improvement is always on the schedule for tomorrow. Change is always taking place some time in the future. It’s human nature.”
― Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One

“Don't throw away another day! No more procrastinating! Only YOU can make it happen. So, UN-ASS the couch and make it happen!”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“If you don’t start, you’ll never finish.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“Dreams, unlike eggs, don’t hatch from sitting on them.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Follow Your Conscience: Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others

“Find your way early, on the road of life. For the way is too long to be struggling, and far too short to be waiting.”
― Anthony Liccione

“You can become good at procrastinating your opportunities by giving flimsy excuses. But never forget that it is rather your success that you are skipping away.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Dream big!: See your bigger picture!

“You've got your Brain, Google, and most importantly, you've got Youtube. Use'em!”
― Olawale Daniel

“My dear Péguy, it would, however, be wrong to wait, to postpone continually. He who takes the road of later ends then on the road of never. I know some people who seem to turn life into a perpetual waiting room. The trains come and go, and they say: 'I'll leave another time! I'll make a confession on my deathbed!' Visconti-Venosta said of the 'hero Anselmo':

A day goes by, and then another,
But the hero Anselmo never returns.

Here we have the opposite: an Anselmo who never sets out.”
― Pope John Paul I, Illustrissimi: Letters from Pope John Paul I

“Those who begin things, but never complete them, accomplish nothing.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

“In essence, we are pushing off the difficult work into the future so we don't have to deal with our potential inadequacy.

I think that many people would rather live with the delusion that they're invulnerable than test their limits and discover that they actually have some.”
― Todd Henry

“In most cases, you look for what you don't have. It limits and stagnates you. And unfortunately, you don't know know how to use what you do have. Yes, you've got your Brain, Google, and most importantly, you've got Youtube. Use'em to your advantage! They are powerful channels you can harness for maximum accomplishments in your life.”
― Olawale Daniel

“A wise man once said... "I'll fill this in later”
― Self

“Procrastination is the fire where great dreams go to burn.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“There is no perfect time to do anything. No matter what point in your life you've reached, we can always find a reason not to do something.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, Barefoot ~ A Surfer's View of the Universe

“I was going to procrastinate today. But I couldn't get around to it.”
― Kerry G. Carruth