Tom Waits Quotes

People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it.

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.

If I can do something in less than one minute, I don't let myself procrastinate. I hang up my coat, put newspapers in the recycling, scan and toss a letter. Ever since I wrote about this rule in 'The Happiness Project,' I've been amazed by how many people have told me that it has made a huge difference in their lives.

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.

I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.

Live now. Procrastinate later.

Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

You never put off until tomorrow or even this afternoon what you can do this morning. Attack the objective when your desire is strongest.

I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens.

you have to do more than just kill time or time will quickly kill you.

The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option.

All times are good time for those who know how to work and have the tools to do so.

What has not wasting time impaired?

How comfortable some of us become as we nestle in the web of procrastination. It is a false haven of rest for those who are content to live without purpose, commitment, or self-discipline.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

If you rest too long the weeds take the garden.

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

The only thing that's a challenge for me is not working. I get depressed when I'm not in motion.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.