100 Quotes About Procrastination

Procrastinating is the easiest way for many people to avoid facing their problems or challenges. There are many reasons why people procrastinate, including fear of failure, laziness, insecurity, busyness, perfectionism, and more. Regardless of the reason, it’s important to overcome procrastination so you can start living a better life. Below are some of the best quotes about procrastination so you can get motivated to face your challenges head on.

Your Life Is Happening Right Now: Don't let procrastination take...
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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
Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort...
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Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone. Shannon L. Alder
I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand...
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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
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day...
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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. Mark Twain
Procrastinate now, don't put it off.
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Procrastinate now, don't put it off. Ellen DeGeneres
I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact,...
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I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating.- Ella Varner Lisa Kleypas
Someday is not a day of the week.
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Someday is not a day of the week. Janet Dailey
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The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. If you always do what is easy and choose the path of least resistance, you never step outside your comfort zone. Great things don’t come from comfort zones. Roy T. Bennett
If you always do what is easy and choose the...
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If you always do what is easy and choose the path of least resistance, you never step outside your comfort zone. Great things don’t come from comfort zones. Roy Bennett
Don't let procrastination take over your life. Be brave and...
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Don't let procrastination take over your life. Be brave and take risks. Your life is happening right now. Roy Bennett
The penalty for procrastination is the loss of hopes and...
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The penalty for procrastination is the loss of hopes and dreams. Tai Lopez
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
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Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Marthe TrolyCurtin
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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. Michael Landon Jr.
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I see that I've become a really bad correspondent. It's not that I don't think of you. You come into my thoughts often. But when you do it appears to me that I owe you a particularly grand letter. And so you end in the "warehouse of good intentions": "Can't do it now." "Then put it on hold." This is one's strategy for coping with old age, and with death--because one can't die with so many obligations in storage. Our clever species, so fertile and resourceful in denying its weaknesses. Saul Bellow
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He saw it for the first time: on the day he died he would be wearing unmatching socks, there would be unanswered e-mails, and in the hovel he called home there would still be shirts missing cuff buttons, a malfunctioning light in the hall, and unpaid bills, uncleared attics, dead flies, friends waiting for a reply and lovers he had not owned up to. Ian Mcewan
You may not be punished for your procrastination, but for...
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You may not be punished for your procrastination, but for sure you will be punished by your procrastination. Debasish Mridha
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The breeding ground of fear is procrastination and inaction. We overcome them not by preparation, but by taking action. Debasish Mridha
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A Gift for YouI send you.. The gift of a letter from your wise self. This is the part of you that sees you with benevolent, loving eyes. You find this letter in a thick envelope with your name on it, and the word YES written boldly above your name. My Dear, I am writing this to remind you of your 'essence beauty.' This is the part of you that has nothing to do with age, occupation, weight, history, or pain. This is the soft, untouched, indelible you. You can love yourself in this moment, no matter what you have, or haven't done or been. See past any masks, devices, or inventions that obscure your essence. Remember your true purpose, WHICH is only Love.If you cannot see or feel love, lie down now and cry; it will cleanse your vision and free your heart. I love you; I am you. . S.A.R.K.
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Why Dream?Life is a difficult assignment. We are fragile creatures, expected to function at high rates of speed, and asked to accomplish great and small things each day. These daily activities take enormous amounts of energy. Most things are out of our control. We are surrounded by danger, frustration, grief, and insanity as well as love, hope, ecstasy, and wonder. Being fully human is an exercise in humility, suffering, grace, and great humor. Things and people all around us die, get broken, or are lost. There is no safety or guarantees. The way to accomplish the assignment of truly living is to engage fully, richly, and deeply in the living of your dreams. We are made to dream and to live those dreams. . S.A.R.K.
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As a writer, I need an enormous amount of time alone. Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. It's 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. Having anybody watching that or attempting to share it with me would be grisly. Paul Rudnick
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From now on I hope always to stay alert, to educate myself as best I can. But lacking this, in Future I will relaxedly turn back to my secret mind to see what it has observed when I thought I was sitting this one out. We never sit anything out. We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. Ray Bradbury
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This imaginary gift is a journey for your imagination. I send you.. A luxury train ride. On this train are all the inspiring people you've ever wanted to meet or talk to. You glide from car to car, sitting or lying down on velvet lounge chairs, listening and asking questions. There is also a voluminous library on the train, with every book you've ever wanted to read or look at. Kind people bring you delicious tidbits to eat and nourishing liquids to drink. If you take a nap, time stands still until you return so you never miss anything. You receive a large journal filled with photographs, drawings and descriptions of your journey to take with you when you leave. You realize that you can board this train at any time. . S.A.R.K.
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Create a guidebook of creative dreams You can use a blank book or just blank paper clipped together. Put photographs or scraps from magazines in that represent your creative dreams. Draw, scribble, or paint in between the images. Make a list of creative dreams you've thought of or admire in others. S.A.R.K.
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A Gift for YouI send you.. A cottage retreat on a hill in Ireland. This cottage is filled with fresh flowers, art supplies, and a double-wide chaise lounge in front of a wood-burning fireplace. There is a cabinet near the front door, where your favorite meals appear, several times a day. Desserts are plentiful and calorie free. The closet is stocked with colorful robes and pajamas, and a painting in the bedroom slides aside to reveal a plasma television screen with every movie you've ever wanted to watch. A wooden mailbox at the end of the lane is filled daily with beguiling invitations to tea parties, horse-and-carriage rides, theatrical performances, and violin concerts. There is no obligation or need to respond. You sleep deeply and peacefully each night, and feel profoundly healthy. This cottage is yours to return to at any time. . S.A.R.K.
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Building your "dream life" is filled with things that can feel like the opposite of a dream: Mistakes Delays Starting over Failure The building part is actually more of a rebuilding that is a continual process. The building is not linear in nature but far more interesting. You might start a creative dream, take the "next step", and find yourself completely bored, dissatisfied, or just not inspired. S.A.R.K.
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Initially, I feel expansive when I try something new, and then contract as soon as I encounter difficulty or the unknown. I am learning to experiment with my tolerance of difficulty and the not knowing, in order to go further with my creative dreams. Whenever I experience contraction, I explore it by asking, "Where did I stop and why?" Building a creative dream life is not just about achieving, succeeding, or "meeting goals." It is also about floundering, stumbling, tripping and failing. S.A.R.K.
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Identifying Your DreamSome people can easily identify one primary dream. For others, a dream is more elusive. These people often have many dreams at once, or a general idea of a dream that never takes a specific shape. S.A.R.K.
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Inside CriticsThe critical voices in our own heads are far more vicious than what we might hear from the outside. Our "inside critics" have intimate knowledge of us and can zero in on our weakest spots. You might be told by the critics that you're too fat, too old, too young, not intelligent enough, a quitter, not logical, prone to try too many things.. It's all balderdash! Some elements of these may be true, and it's completely up to you how they affect you. Inside critics are really just trying to protect you. You can: Learn to dialogue with them. Give them new jobs. Turn them into allies. You can also dismantle/exterminate them. S.A.R.K.
Our creative dreams are subject to grudge-holding when we decide...
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Our creative dreams are subject to grudge-holding when we decide that other people somehow have made their dreams real and we have not. S.A.R.K.
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Inside" ChildrenInside each of us are the children we were at each developmental stage. With regard to our creative dreams, these inside children can prevent us from living them by "acting out" in order to try to get our attention. Your inner 5-year-old is not going to patiently wait as you learn intricate metalworking techniques or study impressionist painting. Yet, your inner 10-year-old may be perfectly suited to learn and observe new skills. What's really needed is parenting of these inside children so that we bring them to age-appropriate activities. S.A.R.K.
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Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I will always choose the latter. It's only if I have an idea for two books that I choose one rather than the other. I ­always have to feel that I'm bunking off from something. Geoff Dyer
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If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.", 25 February 2010] . Hilary Mantel
Nothing is born into this world without labor.
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Nothing is born into this world without labor. Rob Liano
Don't ask for directions if you're not going to start...
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Don't ask for directions if you're not going to start the car. Rob Liano
The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional...
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The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional to your Efforts. Vineet Raj Kapoor
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Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success. Israelmore Ayivor
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Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle. James Surowiecki
Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in...
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Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do. David D. Burns
Procrastination should not be linked with failure, just as early...
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Procrastination should not be linked with failure, just as early action should not be tied to success. Mary Lamia
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We experience [procrastination] as fear. But fear of what? Fear of the consequences of following our heart. Fear of bankruptcy, fear of poverty, fear of insolvency. Fear of groveling when we try to make it on our own, and of groveling when we give up and come crawling back to where we started. Fear of being selfish, of being rotten wives or disloyal husbands; fear of failing to support our families, of sacrificing their dreams for ours. Fear of betraying our race, our 'hood, our homies. Fear of failure. Fear of being ridiculous. Fear of throwing away the education, the training, the preparation that those we love have sacrificed so much for, that we ourselves have worked our butts off for. Fear of launching into the void, of hurtling too far out there; fear of passing some point of no return, beyond which we cannot recant, cannot reverse, cannot rescind, but must live with this cocked-up choice for the rest of our lives. Fear of madness. Fear of insanity. Fear of death. These are serious fears. But they're not the real fear. Not the master fear, the mother of all fears that's so close to us that even when we verbalize it we don't believe it. Fear That We Will Succeed. Steven Pressfield
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Dream big as you can and shoot for the stars, but get started even if its small baby steps, they count! Unknown
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Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. Denis Waitley
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Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles into practice — now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You aren’t a child anymore. The sooner you set yourself to your spiritual program, the happier you will be. The longer you wait, the more you’ll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better. From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do — now. . Epictetus
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Sometimes", said Miss Phillips, "the thing you dread doing the very thing you should do, just so you can stop thinking about it. Marci Shimoff
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Tackle your problems without delay, face them head on. Don’t shy away from taking decisions- however unpleasant they may be. By doing so you are taking care of yourself. Yes, even tackling a problem is self care because you have freed your mind from that nagging feeling of “yet to face the problem.” Mundane tasks like washing your clothes, getting rid of old stuff that you don’t need any more, sitting down to study for that test, confronting those who are making you uncomfortable, getting rid of those people who pull you down and fill you with negativity are steps in the right direction, Your worst enemy is procrastination. . Latika Teotia
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There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time - and to sustain you through it - your motivation must become an inner energy; a 'motor' driving you forward, passionately, purposefully, wisely and compassionately.. come what may, every day. Inspiration is an outer - worldly - energy that you breathe and draw in. It may come from many places, faces, spaces and stages - right across the ages. It is where nature, spirit, science, mind and time meet, dance, play and speak. It keeps you outward facing and life embracing. But you must be open-minded and open-hearted to first let it in and then let it out again. Together - blended, combined and re-entwined - motivation and inspiration bring connectivity, productivity, creativity and boundless possibilities that is not just 'self' serving but enriching to all humanity and societies..just as it should be. . Rasheed Ogunlaru
Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption — it...
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Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption — it corrupts valuable time Amit Abraham
Keep your promises and never be late in acting. Act...
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Keep your promises and never be late in acting. Act right and do the right things at the right time. Israelmore Ayivor
Stop killing and wasting time. Get something done today
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Stop killing and wasting time. Get something done today Sunday Adelaja
One can hardly do anything productive when one knows there...
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One can hardly do anything productive when one knows there is cake in the fridge. Joyce Rachelle
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Someone may have all the technical knowledge, scientific intellect and business know-how but when he/she decides to choose laziness, excuses, procrastination, complaining and other bad attitudes, his/her relevance is meaningless. Israelmore Ayivor
Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read...
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Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today. Holbrook Jackson
We are so scared of being judged that we look...
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. Erica Jong
If you take too long in deciding what to do...
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If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it. George Bernard Shaw
Truth is the greatest marketing campaign.
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Truth is the greatest marketing campaign. Richie Norton
The forms are many in which the unchanging seeks relief...
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The forms are many in which the unchanging seeks relief from its formlessness. Samuel Beckett
Don’t procrastinate, start building yourself now!
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Don’t procrastinate, start building yourself now! Sunday Adelaja
Everyone has the same amount of hours per day, it’s...
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Everyone has the same amount of hours per day, it’s not that you don’t have enough time, it’s that you don’t have a clear focus Bridget English
Just because you have baggage doesn't mean you have to...
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Just because you have baggage doesn't mean you have to lug it around. Richie Norton
You ain't get nothing for staying low, lazy. The world...
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You ain't get nothing for staying low, lazy. The world only tremble at the feet of the few craziest doers ever lived. Olawale Daniel
Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is...
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Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure. Richie Norton
Sometimes the only things preventing your dreams from becoming realities...
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Sometimes the only things preventing your dreams from becoming realities is the long time it is taking you to start. Israelmore Ayivor
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Ensure you have done each day’s portion of the heavy responsibilities resting on you. Never delay your success! Israelmore Ayivor
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Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer. Frank Herbert
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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone Pablo Picasso
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Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art. (Exchange any words you want for 'create art' and see if it fits). Richie Norton
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To become a better you, be diligent and never let the charms of procrastination and excuses seduce you to fall for mediocrity. Israelmore Ayivor
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You can put off your dreams, your desires, your careers, your farms. You can avoid your responsibilities, obligations, promises, and sovereign rights. But any person who wants to make music, and doesn't, is a goddamned fool. Jenna Woginrich
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Perhaps the only reason why you worry in life, tarry your goals and bury your joy is that you are still bearing the untold story of you untouched, which seems to bang on the doors of your heart every time! Go and open the way, and fulfill your destiny! Israelmore Ayivor
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Procrastination causes pressure that zaps creativity and excellence. Todd Stocker
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They say, "Look before you leap." So look. But do not look for too long. Do not look into the void of uncertainty trying to predict each and every possible outcome, to evaluate every possible mistake, to prevent each possible failure. Look for the opportunity to leap, and leap faster than your fear can grab you. Leap before you talk yourself out of it, before you convince yourself to set up a temporary camp that turns into a permanent delay on your journey into your own heart. Vironika Tugaleva
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Laziness is when your sleep overcomes your passion, not under the influence of drugs but under the control of excuses and procrastination! Israelmore Ayivor
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Tomorrow is like infinity, it doesn't really exist. Ali Asad
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Who says you need to wait until you 'feel like' doing something in order to start doing it? The problem, from this perspective, isn't that you don't feel motivated; it's that you imagine you need to feel motivated. If you can regard your thoughts and emotions about whatever you're procrastinating on as passing weather, you'll realise that your reluctance about working isn't something that needs to be eradicated or transformed into positivity. You can coexist with it. You can note the procrastinatory feelings and act anyway. . Oliver Burkeman
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Don’t be lazy. Hard work brings happiness. There is no other time to avoid being a lazy. Take that decision now. Kick laziness out. Israelmore Ayivor
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If hard work is the source of happiness, then we can conclude that the main job of procrastination is to delay that happiness for excuses to kill. Israelmore Ayivor
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You seem irrelevant because your relevance seems latent. You seem irrelevant because your relevance is not speaking the language they understand. You seem irrelevant because you have not yet proven the evidence that is relevant. You seem irrelevant because you are still holding your relevance. People are more interested in works that work than mere works. People are much more interested in the relevance of actions than mere actions. People are more interested in your whole self in action and the relevance of the action than your mere action. There is something to be done. There is a footprint to leave. We must do something relevant. A proven relevance is relevant for our relevance in all matters of life. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense. Michelle M. Pillow
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Procrastination is a way of living in the past instead of the present moment. Debasish Mridha
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Every time we look at the clock, we must learn to feel a sense of urgency. We must learn to realize that “now” is happening and will very soon be gone. We must look at the digits on the display and be overcome with an urge to do something before those digits change. Before “now” slips through our fingers. We must look at the ink on the calendar and see an immediate opportunity to do something wonderful, incredible, or beautiful. It’s that simple. We need to change our thinking from “when the number changes” to “before the number changes”. . Dan Pearce
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Your problem is that you’re more like an empty book and you’re waiting on someone else to write your pages for you. For someone who doesn’t believe in fate, destiny and all that shit, you seem to spend an awful lot of time waiting for something to happen to you. Garry Crystal
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If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be pat Hilary Mantel
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Procrastination is a form of punishment Jill Badonsky
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God will not allow you to add the words "next time" to now faith. Johnnie Dent Jr.
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When we procrastinate, we also put a hold on happiness. Charles F. Glassman
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Everything we think we know, everything we think we see, everything we believe we feel, taste, smell, or hear, everything we “remember” (our pasts), everything we want to happen (our futures), everything that has ever existed or will ever exist, only exists right now. All of these things are nothing more than electric signals being passed through our brains and bodies, right now. It is all energy flowing through us right now. “The past” exists only in our minds. We are the ones who bring it into reality. We are the ones who bring it into the present. We are the ones who make it “real”. . Dan Pearce
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Q: When is the perfect time? A: Who can say, but probably somewhere between haste and delay - and it's usually most wise to start today. Rasheed Ogunlaru
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I had no confidence in myself. I was a fraud. Who was I to pick up a pen and expect anything good to come from it? I expected perfection as soon as the pencil hit the paper, and since that's impossible, I couldn't get myself to start. Then I felt guilty about not starting which made me want to start even less. Felicia Day
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Procrastination is the best friend of depression. Debasish Mridha
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There is absolutely no worse death curse than the humdrum daily existence of the living dead. Anthon St. Maarten
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There is a valid reason why they say live everyday as if it were your last, the truth is...., there is no tomorrow - just today Unknown
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Great matter-days remain on the day stone balance, affecting your life on the day the occur and every day thereafter. So the earlier they happen, the better; waiting means potentially sacrificing years or even decades of benefit. Ron Lizzi
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The most dangerous way we sabotage ourselves is by waiting for the perfect moment to begin. Nothing works perfectly the first time, or the first fifty times. Everything has a learning curve. The beginning is just that - a beginning. Surrender your desire to do it flawlessly on the first try. It's not possible. Learn to learn. Learn to fail. Learn to learn from failing. And begin today. Begin now. Stop waiting. Vironika Tugaleva
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Idle hands are the devils greatest tools. But it’ll be good to notice that the tools sharpened by idle heads. You are idle because that’s the job your mind gave you! Israelmore Ayivor
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Trust what is not known to your Mind. Trust what is known to your Heart. Tony Samara
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The Beloved is Always There, Actively Seeking You. Tony Samara
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When we understand that Peace is a state of mind we understand true Peace. Tony Samara
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The practice is simple. Whatever you're doing, do that with total awareness. Tony Samara
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When you deeply love someone from that space that is beyond attachment to certain projections or desires, when you love someone just deeply, totally, completely, without any games that the mind or emotions play, then that love remains eternal in the heavens forever, and that is what pulls you back to remembering that love. Tony Samara
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The activity of loving kindness is the bridge that allows you to slowly, slowly realise the wisdom and perfection of this moment. Tony Samara