Quotes on Procrastination

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.

Don't be afraid of failure, be afraid of not trying in the first place.

If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

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.

Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.

Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.

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

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Perfectionism and procrastination have such a fine line. You say, 'Well, I want it to be good. I want it to be perfect.' But what you're really doing is not doing your work. You're putting off showing up and being visible because then you're going to be judged, and it might suck.

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.

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

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.