31 of the Best Procrastination Quotes

Procrastination is one of my biggest weaknesses; I spend a lot of time thinking of what to do and not enough time doing what I need to do. To some extent, we all procrastinate, although some procrastinate more than others. Putting things off till the last minute seems to be part of our culture, unfortunately.

When it comes to finances, procrastination can end up costing you in the long run, paying your bills too late can cost you late fees, paying your credit card later will cost you interest fees, procrastinating with investments can cost you compounding, and the list can go on and on.

If you are reading this, you probably are already procrastinating on something, but here is a compilation of my favorite 31 quotes on procrastination. Be sure to add yours to the end!

1. “I love deadlines. Especially the whooshing sound they make as they pass by.” – Douglas Adams
2. “Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.” – Christopher Parker
3. “Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!” – Donald Gardner
4. “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday and avoiding today.” – Wayne Dyer
5. “Procrastination is the thief of time.” – Edward Young
6. “The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up.” – Unknown
7. “If it weren’t for the last minute, I wouldn’t get anything done.” – Unknown
8. “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” – Jerome K. Jerome
9. ”A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
10. “Do nothing by halves which can be done by quarters.” – F. R. Scott
11. “Don’t fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all.” – Mignon McLaughlin
12. “Don’t wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it.” – Frank C. Bucaro
13. “Even if you’re on the right track – you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Arthur Godfrey
14. “How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.” – Fred Brooks
15. “I do my work at the same time each day – the last minute.” – Unknown
16. “If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” – Olin Miller
17. “I’m going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!” – Sam Levenson
18. “It’s a job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
19. “Live, drink be, merry, love the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow ye may die, but alas we never do.” – Dorothy Parker
20. “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” – Mark Twain
21. “One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.” – Vincent T. Foss
22. “Procrastination is a sin of lawyers, trial judges, reporters, appellate judges, in brief, everyone connected with the machinery of criminal law.” – Macklin Fleming
23. “Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.” – Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby
24. “Procrastination is my sin. It brings me naught but sorrow. I know that I should stop it. In fact, I will – tomorrow!” – Gloria Pitzer
25. “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday and avoiding today.” – Wayne Dyer
26. “Procrastinators: Leaders of Tomorrow” – Unknown
27. “Someday is not a day of the week.” – Unknown
28. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Sally Berger
29. “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” – Spanish Proverb
30. “You know you are getting old when it takes too much effort to procrastinate.” – Unknown
31. “Procrastination isn’t the problem. It’s the solution. It’s the universe’s way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast. ” – Ellen DeGeneres
Do you procrastinate? What are your favorite procrastination quotes?