Procrastinate Quotes

“Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“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

“Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution.

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

“Both positive and negative thinking are contagious.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal, while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before”
― Herodotus, The Histories

“Habitual procrastinators will readily testify to all the lost opportunities, missed deadlines, failed relationships and even monetary losses incurred just because of one nasty habit of putting things off until it is often too late.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“How often do you find yourself saying, “In a minute”, “I’ll get to it” or “Tomorrow’s good enough” and every other possible excuse in the book? Compare it with how often you decide it’s got to be done, so let’s get on and do it! That should tell you just how serious your procrastinating problem really is.”
― Stephen Richards, The Secret of Getting Started: Strategies to Triumph over Procrastination

“They say, timing is everything. But then they say, there is never a perfect time for anything.”
― Anthony Liccione

“I have met people who have ruined their entire lives because of procrastination. They were unaware of why they never took a step, but I could easily see their Procrasdemon standing beside them.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“Procrasdemon is fighting hard to feed off of distractions and pleasures.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“Indiscipline is the major pillar on which a procrasdemon stands still.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“Stop sleeping, Get to work! You will have much time to sleep when you die.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Whatever happens, do not let waiting become procrastination.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“You actually do not know your true potential unless you are liberated from the Procrasdemon.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“A procrastinators willpower lies in the fact that he keeps work pending because he strongly feels he wants to do the same – keep it pending.”
― Dr. Amit Abraham

“How easy it is to slip.
How hard it is to climb.
How wise it is to keep in step
And never fall behind.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“Most people master the art of postponing the start.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Procrastination is an eclipse to your true potential.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“If you don’t have your own viewpoint, you will procrastinate. Since you can not do or produce from someone else’s viewpoint.”
― Meir Ezra

“The real enemy of genius is the router in the hallway.”
― A.O. Monk

“Don’t procrastinate, start building yourself now!”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Those who begin things, but never complete them, accomplish nothing.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

“The tendency of us Indians to procrastinate till the last second of the deadline is the reason we have the second highest population.”
― Nitya Prakash

“Don’t put off today what you’ll neglect tomorrow.”
― Ricky Maye, Outsiders: The Story of Success

“People are like “I’m going to do this, or I’m going to do that one day”. Can you give me that promissory note God emailed you? ‘Cuz I can make millions on Ebay! (Carlos Wallace: JISD Convocation speech 2019)”
― Carlos Wallace

“One thing writers have in common is the need to procrastinate. People don't really understand this, but it's not avoiding work, it is work. Going to lunch, cleaning the house, walking around eavesdropping, reading... all of it informs the process of pulling a story out of nowhere. After you've burned through the two or three tales that are born into your brain—you have to siphon the rest out of your environment. So, when I need something for my stories—I open my eyes and ears to the world around me... because I never know where the next idea, or scene, or line of dialogue is going to come from.”
― Steven T. Seagle, It's a Bird...

“He had great ideas for change but was too busy with other things to pursue them. He postulated. He pontificated. He spoke glowingly of a great future for all. But he never actioned his words. He said that someday things would be better. But he never found one wrong thing that he could correct. He died unsung and left the society worst than he met it. It was a tragedy.”
― Abiodun Fijabi

“In a society obsessed with scheduling work and personal activities, therefore, trying to control time, the act of overlooking schedules, deadlines and agenda, that is, procrastinating is considered a disease to be treated. An antisocial behaviour. A menace to society.”
― Marino Baccarini

“Procrastination is the fire where great dreams go to burn.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts