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"One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."
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"We cannot put off the difficult decisions for another day, another generation."

"WE MAY FEEL...BUT WE DON'TWe may feel the need to change employment, but we don't.We may feel the need to start a specific project, but we don't.We may feel the need to pursue higher education, but we don'tWe may feel the need to heal a broken relationship, but we don't.We may feel the need to work to improve our spiritual lives, but we don't.We may feel the need to take steps toward a healthier physical or emotional life for ourselves and/or our family, but again, we don't.(This list could likely go on for eternity.)The desire for progression is innate, but the problem we face is that the actual act of progression is also a choice.Without embracing our inherent need for progress, for positive growth and/or change, we'll still go on living....But at what cost?"

"The problem with a lot of people is that they procrastinate as if tomorrow doesn't have some tasks of its own."

"The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs."

"Why work today? I'll take Tuesday on, just like I took Monday off. That's just the kind of dedicated worker I am."

"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."

"Procrastination threatens critics' livelihood."

"Every morning I tell myself, "I'll sleep early tonight." And every night I say, "One more chapter."

"Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder."

"Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough."
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"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep."


"There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it."


"If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying."


"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude."


"Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire."


"Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success."
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