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Benjamin FranklinDon't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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Wolfgang GoetheWhat is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

—  Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher

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SenecaWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

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Napoleon HillProcrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

—  Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer

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Napoleon HillDo not wait. The time will never be just right.

—  Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer

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William JamesProcrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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Pablo PicassoOnly put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Winston ChurchillThe era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Anatole FranceThe future is a convenient place for dreams.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

Erica JongWe are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Henry MillerLife, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Ashleigh BrilliantI could do great things, if I weren't so busy doing little things.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ashleigh BrilliantI'm just moving clouds today, tomorrow I'll try mountains.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Francis BaconBegin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

Charles DickensProcrastination is the thief of time, collar him.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

Funny Quotes

Mark TwainNever put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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Ancient Greek

DemocritusConstant procrastination leaves the actions undone.

Το αεί μέλλειν ατελέας ποιέει τας πρήξιας.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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HesiodDo not put your work off till tomorrow and the day after.

Μηδ᾽ αναβάλλεσθαι ες τ᾽ αύριον ες τε ένηφιν.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -410

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Proverbs

Spanish proverbTomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

—  Spanish proverb

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