A Quote by William James

Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task

William James

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William James
American - Philosopher
January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

William James

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

Victor Kiam

Nothing is so fatiguing as the life of a wit.

Hester Lynch Piozzi

I have completed and uncompleted screenplays, but they both fall into the category of “unsold.” I've seen quite a few movies where the screenplays seemed to be in the “uncompleted” category yet still got sold and made into movies, so I generally refer too all screenplays as “sold” or “unsold.” But that's just my own filing system.

Gary Reilly

I've looked up to Michael Jordan because not only was he an assassin on offense, he was an assassin on defense.

Zion Williamson

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

Tavi Gevinson

All we have is here and now. That's why procrastination feels so right. Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution.

Ellen DeGeneres

Resisting a task is usually a sign that it's meaningful-which is why it's awakening your fears and stimulating procrastination. You could adopt "Do whatever you're resisting the most" as a philosophy of life.

Oliver Burkeman

Nothing so perilous as procrastination

John Lyly

Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

There is, I think, nothing in the world more futile than the attempt to find out how a task should be done when one has not yet decided what the task is.

Alexander Meiklejohn

We went to lunch and were talking about procrastination and the waitress overheard us and she said, 'I have a problem with procrastination, too.' I said 'Really?... Get my sandwich.'

Ellen DeGeneres

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

Craig Brown

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Thomas Jefferson

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.