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Edward Young Quotes about Procrastination

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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty,

Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

Procrastination, Men, Years

'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 417

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

Success, Procrastination, Men

'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 417

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Procrastination, Men, Heaven

Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.

Suicide, Procrastination, Blood

Edward Young (1810). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality”, p.26

Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.

Procrastination, Years, Literature

Edward Young, George Gilfillan (1853). “Night Thoughts”, p.17

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.

Wise, Procrastination, Next Day

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