Procrastination Quotes - Page 18

• The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wisdom, Writing, Sisterhood

  Statement on April 14, 1775. "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell. Volume II, 1791.

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• 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.

  Shlomo Breznitz

  Denial, Might, Helping

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

  Edward Young

  Suicide, Blood, Destroyed

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

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• Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.

  William Congreve

  Wise, Delay, May

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• 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.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Dream, Weather, Humanity

  FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Jan 04, 2012

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• 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.

  Charles Buxton

  Indulge In, Done, Ought

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• I do think that procrastination evolved in humans for good reasons. If you're trying to stay alive as a human being on the savanna 20,000 years ago, worrying about what's right behind that bush is a lot more important than worrying about what might happen three weeks from now.

  James Surowiecki

  Thinking, Years, Worry

  "Ask the Author Live: James Surowiecki on Procrastination". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. October 1, 2010.

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• 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.

  Michael Chabon

  Offering, Dull, Sitting

  "Michael Chabon’s Vinyl Draft". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 2012.

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• Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Writing, Productive Life

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• Procrastination is the best action against putting an ankle bracelet on future.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Ankles, Action, Bracelet

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• A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Men, Choices Made, Decision

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.119, Ballantine Books

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• Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Tomorrow

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• 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.

  Paul Rudnick

  Morning, Writing, Matter

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• Space we can recover; time never.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Regret, Space, Never Regret

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• I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

  E. V. Lucas

  Time, People, Waiting

  365 Days and One More (1926) p. 277

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• Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Motivational, Dream, Get Well

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