procrastination quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."
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"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
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"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."
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"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done."
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"Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experience it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential. It's a repelling force. It's negative. Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work."
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"The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we feel toward pursuing it."
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"Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North - meaning that calling or action it most wants to stop us from doing. We can use this. We can use it as a compass. We can navigate by Resistance, letting it guide us to that calling or action that we must follow before all others."
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"The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day."
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"Resistance has no strength of its own. Every ounce of juice it possesses comes from us. We feed it with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance."
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"The danger is greatest when the finish line is in sight. At this point, Resistance knows we're about to beat it. It hits the panic button. It marshals one last assault and slams us with everything it's got."
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"The acquisition of a condition lends significance to one's existence. An illness, a cross to bear. Some people go from condition to condition; they cure one, and another pops up to take its place. The condition becomes a work of art in itself, a shadow version of the real creative act the victim is avoiding by expending so much care cultivating his condition."
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