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Procrastination

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. – William James, letter to Carl Stumpf, 1886 January 1st

A task left undone remains undone in two places — at the actual location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience. – Brahma Kumaris

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. – Don Marquis

Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday. – Author Unknown

Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. – Charles Kingsley

The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up. – Author Unknown

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. – Earl of Chesterfield

The two rules of procrastination: 1)Do it today. 2)Tomorrow will be today tomorrow. – Author Unknown

One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow. – Vincent T. Foss

Someday is not a day of the week. – Author Unknown

If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it. – Olin Miller

What may be done at any time will be done at no time. – Scottish Proverb

Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow. – Gerald Vaughan

The best way to get something done is to begin. – Author Unknown

But, though I crave for work, I still like to be fair. I do not ask for more than my proper share. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

You know you are getting old when it takes too much effort to procrastinate. – Author Unknown

I do my work at the same time each day — the last minute. – Author Unknown

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. – Spanish Proverb

Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. – George Claude Lorimer