Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.
It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.
If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
The time to begin most things is ten years ago.
Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely.
Addiction, self-sabotage, procrastination, laziness, rage, chronic fatigue, and depression are all ways that we withhold our full participation in the program of life we are offered. When the conscious mind cannot find a reason to say no, the unconscious says no in its own way.
The best thing you can do is follow your dreams
Lingering labors come to naught.
Tear thyself from delay.
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.
Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.
Someday is not a day of the week.
We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
If you wait until all the lights are 'green' before you leave home, you'll never get started on your trip to the top.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.
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