People Who Procrastinate Quotes

#1. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.

Charles F. Stanley

#2. Having lost people when they were young, you feel intimately acquainted with mortality, I guess. Though I procrastinate worse than anybody.

Dave Eggers

#3. I was probably spoilt, if I'm being totally honest.

Mark Shand

#4. Let joy be unconfined ...

Lord Byron

#5. There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.

James Surowiecki

#6. Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.

Nido R. Qubein

#7. Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.

Henry James

#8. Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some frequency. And they fight in bars all the time.

Molly Ivins

#9. I lean over and put my good ear to his lips, which tickle me as he whispers. Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me any time you like it.

Suzanne Collins

#10. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.

Denis Waitley

#11. I always say that polo, for you to pursue a career, mainly any sport, you have to be born in the right place. If you're born in Hawaii, you surf. If you're born in Austria, you probably will ski. If you're born in Argentina, you most likely ride horses and have a chance to play polo.

Nacho Figueras

#12. We all think that in the future, we are wonderful people. We will be patient, we will not procrastinate, we will exercise, we will eat well ... The problem is we never get to live in that future. We always live in the present.

Dan Ariely

#13. if you get very clear on what you truly want (rather than what you think you should want), believe that it's available to you regardless of your present circumstances by staying connected to Source Energy and keeping your frequency high, and take decisive action, you will eventually succeed. Have

Jen Sincero

#14. In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.

Octavia E. Butler

#15. A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.

Brian Greene

#16. Frankly, 'Bride Wars' got made because movies with women need to be about weddings and love.

Casey Wilson

#17. Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

Emma Thompson

#18. word of it to me," said Jules. "Maybe

Taylor Rush

#19. Now-people" are winners; they say "now" and they do it "now"! Do not delay.

Israelmore Ayivor

#20. People who start habitually exercising tend on average to eat better. They also tend to use their credit cards less and procrastinate less.

Charles Duhigg

#21. We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous.

Helen Thomas

#22. Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy.

Denis Waitley

#23. Why do we procrastinate leaving? The denial phase is a humbling one. It takes a while to come to terms with our miserable luck. Rowley puts it this way: 'Fires only happen to other people.' We have a tendency to believe that everything is OK because, well, it almost always has been before.

Amanda Ripley