Edward Young Quotes About Procrastination

Quotes about: Procrastination

• Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.

  Edward Young

  Suicide, Procrastination, Blood

  Edward Young (1810). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality”, p.26

• At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

  Edward Young

  Success, Procrastination, Men

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 417

• Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

  Edward Young

  Procrastination, Men, Years

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 417

• Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

  Edward Young

  Procrastination, Men, Heaven

• Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.

  Edward Young

  Wise, Procrastination, Next Day

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

  Edward Young

  Procrastination, Years, Literature

  Edward Young, George Gilfillan (1853). “Night Thoughts”, p.17

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