Feeling Stuck? Here are 66 Procrastination Quotes to Inspire You
Feeling stuck in life is a horrible feeling. You know there are things you could be doing but at the same time taking a step forward feels daunting. These procrastination quotes will help you get back on track and help you shift your mindset towards success.
I’ve included some funny quotes, motivational quotes and practical quotes to push you towards your goals.
You can add them to your vision board, write them in your diary or even turn them into affirmations.
Use these quotes in whatever way suits you.
Famous procrastination quotes
- “You may delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King
- “Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.” – Mason Cooley
- “It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” – Pablo Picasso
- “Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.” – Victor Kiam
- “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.” – Mark Twain
- “How soon ‘not now’ becomes ‘never.’” – Martin Luther
- “In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Funny procrastination quotes
- “If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.” – Rita Mae Brown
- “Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.” – Christopher Parker
- “Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?” – Unknown
- “Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” – Spanish proverb
- “Someday I’m going to write a book about procrastination. Just not today.” – Unknown
- “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams
- “I’m a big believer in putting things off. In fact, I even put off procrastinating.” – Lisa Kleypas
- “I’m not lazy, I’m just in energy-saving mode.” – Unknown
- “Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
Inspiring procrastination quotes
- “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
- “A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “Well begun is half done.” – Aristotle
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
- “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
- “An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli
Quotes that provide practical tips to stop you from procrastinating
- “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” – Dale Carnegie
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
- “You can do anything, but not everything.” – David Allen
- “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” – James Clear
- “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” – Cyril Northcote Parkinson (Parkinson’s Law)
- “Eliminate the non-essential. This frees up time and energy for what truly matters.” – Greg McKeown
- “Begin with the end in mind and reverse-engineer the steps to get there.” – Stephen R. Covey
- “What gets scheduled gets done.” – Michael Hyatt
Procrastination quotes from the bible (NIV)
- “A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.” – Proverbs 13:4
- “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” – Ecclesiastes 9:10
- “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!” – Proverbs 6:6
- “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” – Proverbs 21:5
- “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.” – James 4:17
- “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labour.” – Proverbs 12:24
- “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.” – Proverbs 27:1
- “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.” – Proverbs 10:4
- “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” – Ephesians 5:15-16
- “Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.” – Proverbs 20:4
Quotes about overcoming laziness
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
- “What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” – Anne Frank
- “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
- “Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.” – Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- “Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.” – Barack Obama
- “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
- “Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.” – Voltaire
Quotes about productive procrastination
- “Even when I’m procrastinating, I make sure to do things that add value—just not the thing I was supposed to do.” – Austin Kleon
- “Procrastination can be a creative force. While avoiding one task, you might stumble upon a better way to accomplish another.” – Adam Grant
- “Being busy with less important tasks can give you the mental space to tackle the bigger ones later.” – David Allen
- “Procrastination can serve a purpose if you’re using it to regroup, reorganise, or even come up with a new perspective.” – Barbara Sher
- “Creative people often procrastinate productively. They’re not avoiding work; they’re finding inspiration elsewhere.” – Cal Newport
- “Sometimes putting off one task leads to the completion of three others.” – Tim Ferriss
So, what’s your favourite quote about procrastination?
Hopefully, these quotes have motivated you to break out of your procrastination cycle and claim the life you desire.
One of my favourite quotes of all time is by Maya Angelou and it’s “nothing will work until you do”. That quote touches my soul and motivates me to step into another gear.
Taking action is the only way you will become successful. There’s no secret hack or trick that is better than chipping away at a task.
Start small, write down a quote that resonates with you and then step forward with your chosen quote in mind.
Which of these quotes spoke to you the most? Why not share it with your friends and save it to your Pinterest board?
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