Various Procrastination Quotes

Procrastination is a bad habit that has been around since people had things to do, and reasons not to do it. If you are taking steps to overcoming your habit of procrastinating, here are some inspiring and witty quotes that cut to the quick. They will amuse you and motivate you to persevere in kicking the bad habit, with their refreshing honesty echoing thoughts that we often harbor without realizing our folly. nnnRemember, procrastinating is a bad habit! These quotes give you reasons why you should not procrastinate. nnnProcrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.n– Napoleon HillnnnProcrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday n– Don MarquisnnnYou may delay, but time will not n– Benjamin Franklin nnnProcrastination is the thief of time n– Edward Young nnnThere are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back. n– Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister nnnWork expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. n– C. Northcote Parkinson nnnIf you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it. n– Olin Miller nnnPutting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. n– George Claude Lorime rnnnNever leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.n– Benjamin Franklin nnnThe way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. n– Walt Disney nnnWaiting 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.n– Dr. Robert Anthony nnnThe 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.n– Abraham Lincoln nnnHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.n– Anne Frank nnnI love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.n– Douglas Adams nnnI love deadlines. Especially the whooshing sound they make as they pass by.n– Douglas Adams nnnHow does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.n– Fred Brooks nnnSpeech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.n– John Andrew Holmes nnnMy evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.n– Mary Todd Lincoln nnnI don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.n– Pearl S. Buck nnnThe Procrastinator's Creed:nn1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already. n2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.n3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration. n4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them. n5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations. n6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given. n7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero. n8. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year. n9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind. n10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it. n11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task. n12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is wait/plan/plan. n13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever. n14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator's Society) if they ever get it organized. n– Anonymous nn