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Quotes about Delay

For first cometh to the mind the simple suggestion, then the strong imagination, afterwards pleasure, evil affection, assent. And so little by little the enemy entereth in altogether, because he was not resisted at the beginning. And the longer a man delayeth his resistance, the weaker he groweth, and the stronger groweth the enemy against him.
- Thomas a Kempis
Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving—how not to do it.
- Charles Dickens
Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
- George Lorimer
It is not in the power of Britain or of Europe to conquer America, if she do not conquer herself by DELAY and TIMIDITY.
- Thomas Paine
I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.
- Oscar Wilde
A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.
- Charles Spurgeon
Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on the object we're waiting for.
- Charles Stanley
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.
- CS Lewis
Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.
- Stephen Hawking
Just like folks. Put off as long as she could having to be brave, knowing all the time that sooner or later she would have to be brave once so she could keep on calling herself a dog, and knowing beforehand what was going to happen when she done it.
- William Faulkner
We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.
- Henry Ward Beecher
He who hesitates is last.
- Mae West