One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to do and no clear sense of which matter more, when they should be done, etc.
Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.
Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.
Action will destroy your procrastination.
We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.
Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.
Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination.
There are lots of people who believe there may be at least some genetic component to procrastination, and even if there isn't, it seems to be the case that procrastination habits are often set relatively early in life (that's certainly the case with me). But I also think that there's lots of evidence that external tools can help quite a bit in getting people to stop procrastinating.
Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail.
If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem. . . break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Procrastination can be driven from your personality through the simple technique of constantly commanding yourself to get into action. . . and then obeying that command immediately.
Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered by tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do to-day.
Procrastination isn't the problem. It's the solution. It's the universe's way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast.
The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.
Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs.
I have a funny process : it’s called procrastination.
Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption – it corrupts valuable time