John Steinbeck Quotes

Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.

Procrastination-thou wretched thief of time and opportunity!

Action will destroy your procrastination.

Later is always my first choice.

Time elaborately thrown away.

Sometimes if you have a difficult decisin to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.

I know. And that's what took me so long

Quite frequently, he who goes too fast gets there too late - or not at all.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's.

Have you something to do to-morrow; do it to-day.

There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was time to begin, He couldn't because of the state he was in.

So much of life [is] a putting-off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing [is] ever lost by delay.

I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. -Ella Varner

Soon is not as good as now.

If you wait until you are ready, it is almost certainly too late.

Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.

What has not wasting time impaired?

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

The only reason to delay at this point was because the immediate prospect was so deeply uninviting.

We must get going. Tomorrow, tomorrow.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons...You'll wait and wait.