Top 47 Procrastination Quotes

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Procrastinating seems so easy. Why do something now when you can just do it later. However, procrastinating is not always the best things. In order to help you get motivated to complete whatever task you need to do, check out the top 47 procrastination quotes.

#47 – 40. Procrastination Quotes

47. “Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.” – Thomas Jefferson

46. “The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to do it is one of the greatest burglars of joy. Be deliberate, but once you’ve made up your mind–jump in.” – Charles R. Swindoll

45. “Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.” Charles Kingsley

44. “My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.” – Charles Dickens

43. “My mother always told me I wouldn’t amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, ‘Just wait.” ― Judy Tenuta

42. “If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.” – Rita Mae Brown

41. “…the best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.” ― Dale Carnegie

40. “Your Life Is Happening Right Now: Don’t let procrastination take over your life. Be brave and take risks. Your life is happening right now.” ― Roy T. Bennett

#39 – 30. Procrastination Quotes

39. “Someday is not a day of the week.” ― Janet Dailey

38. “Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.” ― Ellen DeGeneres

37. “Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.” ― Shannon L. Alder

36. “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” ― Marthe Troly-Curtin

35. “I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after.” ― Oscar Wilde

34. “We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.” ― Erica Jong,

33. “Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait…The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don’t count.” Robert Anthony

32. “The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They’re full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.” – Norman Vincent Peale

31. “A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.” ― Bill Watterson

30. “One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.” – Vincent T. Foss

#29 – 20. Procrastination Quotes

29. “In delay there lies no plenty.” – William Shakespeare

28. “God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.” ― St. Augustine of Hippo

27. “It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

26. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” Abraham Lincoln

25. “You may delay, but time will not.” ― Benjamin Franklin

24. “Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

23. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone” ― Pablo Picasso

22. “How soon not now, becomes never.” – Martin Luther

21. “My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!” ― Charles Dickens

20. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” William Penn

#19 – 10. Procrastination Quotes

19. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” ― Abraham Lincoln

18. “If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.” ― Rita Mae Brown

17. “In delay there lies no plenty.” William Shakespeare

16. “Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.” ― Holbrook Jackson

15. “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.” ― Mark Twain

14. “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” – Napoleon Hill

13. “I can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow.” ― Margaret Mitchell

12. “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” Don Marquis

11. “You can dance in the storm. Don’t wait for the rain to be over before because it might take too long. You can can do it now. Wherever you are, right now, you can start, right now; this very moment.” ― Israelmore Ayivor

10. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” ― Karen Lamb

#9 – 1. Procrastination Quotes

9. “I’ll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.” ― Margaret Mitchell

8. “Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment” – Robert Benchley

7. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

6. “Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” – Michael Landon

5. “Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.” ― Steven Wright

4. “Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” William James

3. “Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” Abraham Lincoln

2. “I’m a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating.”― Lisa Kleypas

1.“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.” – Paulo Coelho

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