Procrastination Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old procrastination quotes, procrastination sayings, and procrastination proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement. Henry Miller
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday Don Marquis
Happy soul and a hardcore procrastinator seeking truth. Pallav Gautam
Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him. Charles Dickens
If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time. Robert Collier
You may delay, but time will not. Benjamin Franklin
I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow. Margaret Mitchell
Procrastinate now, don't put it off. Ellen DeGeneres
Procrastination is opportunity's natural assassin. Victor Kiam
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. Mark Twain
There is no avoidance in delay. Aeschylus
Delay is the deadliest form of denial. C. Northcote Parkinson
If you are always saying I'll do it to tomorrow, than your tomorrow will than turn into another day and so on, and so, etc. etc. Victoria Addino
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone Pablo Picasso
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done. Norman Vincent Peale
Never postpone until tomorrow what you can postpone until the day after. Raoul Wallenberg
Procrastinators are the painters of tomorrow. Rick Rotante
Procrastination is a ring on every man's finger. Trebonianus Gallus
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. Wayne Dyer
In delay there lies no plenty. William Shakespeare
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln
Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps. Adam Grant
The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. Alexander Graham Bell
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Benjamin Franklin
In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it. Charles Baudelaire
Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started. David Allen
No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire today. Denis Waitley
Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting officer of hell. Edward Irving