Best Postponing Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: Hoping for Happy: Discovering Joy Amid the Lemons

“Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much of.”

Ifs Happiness Buddhism Postponing

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”

Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac

“I was poisoning myself with alcohol and medicating myself. I was trying to numb things. I was trying not to feel things, and that's ridiculous. It's one of the dumbest things you can do, because all you're doing is postponing the inevitable. Someday you'll have to look all those things in the eye rather than try to numb the pain.”

Feels Trying Looks Eye Pain Can Do Drug Alcohol Ridiculous Inevitable Someday Numb Poisoning Postponing

Author:Johnny Depp

“Knowledge knocks on the door of action. If it receives a reply, it stays. Otherwise, it departs.”

Ifs Action Doors Muslim Postponing Replying

Author:Sufyan al-Thawri

“The workmen's revolution, with the terrors of destruction and murder, not only threatens us, but we have already been living upon its verge during the last thirty years, and it is only by various cunning devices that we have been postponing the crisis. The hatred and contempt of the oppressed people are increasing, and the physical and moral strength of the richer classes are decreasing: the deceit which supports all this is wearing out, and the rich classes have nothing wherewith to comfort themselves.”

“Postponing action is only postponing achievement.”

Action Achievement Postponing

Book:Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life

Source: Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life

“By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.”

Knows Men Should Age Young Lying Personality Taste Twenties Maturity Young Man Specialists Deathbed Immaturity Premium Postponing

Author:Bill Vaughan

“Incrementalism: In the first generation, the goal of the movement was wholesale social and cultural transformation. Small, incremental victories were too little given the magnitude of America's moral decay. Since 1988, the new leaders have recognized that incrementalism is the surest path to success in political competition. The current movement is committed to securing small victories now, postponing for the long-term more fundamental changes in society and politics.”

“Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken, decisions aimed at strengthening that covenant between human beings and the environment, which should mirror the creative love of God, from whom we came and towards whom we are journeying.”

“When you resist doing what you know needs done, it is difficult. Find a mental way to enjoy it, and just do it, and it is easy.”

Knows Way Inspirational Needs Done Inspiration Easy Enjoy Difficult Just Do It Postponing

Author:Joe Vitale

“Hesitation only enlarges, magnifies the fear. Take action promptly. Be decisive.”

Action Hesitation Decisiveness Postponing

Book:The Magic Of Thinking Big

Source: The Magic Of Thinking Big

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”

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Book:Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02

Source: Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02

“We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness.”

Has Beens Born Masters Birth Tomorrow Eternity Postponing

Book:Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

“In my 30s I used to go to the gym even though I hated it. The purpose of going to the gym was to postpone the day when I would stop going. That's what writing is to me: a way of postponing the day when I won't do it any more, the day when I will sink into a depression so profound it will be indistinguishable from perfect bliss.”

Way Writing Used Purpose Perfect Profound Hated Bliss Gym Postponing

Author:Geoff Dyer

“Why Do We Procrastinate? P - postponing life R - resisting change O - overly cautious C - contemplating course of action R - reasoning and justifying A - afraid of success S - summoning up some courage T - trouble moving forward I - inability to see the outcome N - not able to trust in your abilities to make decisions A - attempting to control the situation T - time to reflect on your motives E - erodes progress”

“Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.”

Depression Guilt Procrastination Postponing Postponement

Author:Barbara Corcoran

“Being an adult is the ability to postpone a want for the sake of a family need.”

Want Needs Ability Adults Sake Adulthood Footballer Postponing Postponement

Author:Chris Hogan

“We gotta ditch conservatism and people that believe it, we gotta move on. Otherwise, if we don't, we're just delaying our nightmare, postponing the nightmare. That's Ford O'Connell.”

People Ifs Believe Moving Nightmare Conservatism Postponing

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“The U.S. and, to a certain extent, countries in Europe as well, have experienced growing inequality within their population for decades - a small group of people own the lion's share of the wealth. Populists take advantage of this, and their policies are extremely hard to predict. And this has serious consequences. Companies shy away from risk, postponing their investment decisions in times of uncertainty, the stock markets get nervous and unemployment threatens to increase.”

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”

Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.”

Life Persons Long Motivational Values Term Pleasure Positive Emotional Maturity Long Term Mature Postponing Spiritual Maturity Emotional Maturity Maturity Level

Author:Joshua L. Liebman

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

“There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.”

War Peace Atheism Military Advantage Philosophical Avoiding Bad Ass Revolver Postponing Modern War Avoiding Pain

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.”

Ifs Men Mean Problem Black Violence Solutions Violent Nonviolence Non Violence Problems And Solutions Solution To A Problem Postponing Violent Man

Book:The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.”

Life Giving Death Suffering Losing Yoga Errors Meaningful Moving On Memorable Sunset Off The Wall Postponing Meaningful Death

Author:Anais Nin

“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.”

“If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.”

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Author:Rita Mae Brown

“Procrastinate now, don't put it off.”

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Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it. But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”

“Making mistakes is part of learning to choose well. No way around it. Choices are thrust upon us, and we don't always get things right. Even postponing or avoiding a decision can become a choice that carries heavy consequences. Mistakes can be painful-sometimes they cause irrevocable harm-but welcome to Earth. Poor choices are part of growing up, and part of life. You will make bad choices, and you will be affected by the poor choices of others. We must rise above such things.”

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”

Source: How to stop worrying & start living

“Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.”

“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.”

Source: Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

“People go on postponing everything that is meaningful. Tomorrow they will laugh; today, money has to be gathered... more money, more power, more things, more gadgets. Tomorrow they will love - today there is no time. But tomorrow never comes, and one day they find themselves burdened with all kinds of gadgets, burdened with money. They have come to the top of the ladder - and there is nowhere to go except to jump in a lake.”

People Kind Today Money Laughing Goes On Tomorrow One Day Meaningful All Kinds Lakes More Money Ladders Gadgets Nowhere To Go Postponing Tomorrow Never Comes

Author:Rajneesh

“The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it”

Politics Crisis Fundamentals Excuse Occasions Postponing

Book:Speeches

Source: Speeches

“As long as we continue to think we will be happy in the future, we will never be happy in the moment, and that is the same as saying that we will never be happy. If we think that our lives will be better when we get that better job or retire, stay or go, gain or lose weight, or when our children grow and leave or come back, we are putting off the happiness that there is in today.”

“Postponing happiness until "all your ducks are in order" means never because life is not that clean, fair or predictable. It isn't what happens to you that defines your life, it is what you do with it that does.”

Mean Doe Happens Happiness Life Is Order Fairs Clean Ducks Predictable Postponing

Book:The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage

Source: The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage

“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.”

Source: The Winners Edge

“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

“I'm not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.”

Long Facts Dream Bigs Action Goal Term Too Much Months Distance Excuse Believer Planning Long Term Variables Postponing

Author:Tim Ferriss

“Hoping drains your energy. Action creates energy.”

Inspirational Inspiration Action Hope Energy Inspire Creating Procrastination Drains Postponing

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, "Just wait."”

Said Success Mother Waiting Mom Amount Daughter Optimistic Comedian Procrastination Mother Daughter Procrastinating Postponing

Author:Judy Tenuta

“Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.”

Ability Psychology Maturity Mature Adulthood Gratification Postponing

Author:Sigmund Freud

“I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you're postponing at best, your own development. The atmosphere of the workshop should be that of trying out one's own work and accepting the signals from others but not accepting the dictation of others because that is a violation of the spirit of art. Art can't be done by somebody else, it has got to be done by the artist.”

Source: The answers are inside the mountains: meditations on the writing life

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