2013 TKR: Quick Quotes about time

Quick Quotes about time
Self-help--Thinkerer

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• The reason quotes stick around is that they fit lots of things.  
• So look them over.  
• You may find one that fits you.  
• Or somebody you know.

• The early bird gets the worm.  But the second mouse gets the cheese.
• The key to effective procrastinating is to start early.
• Too soon old.  Too late smart.
• God must love procrastinators.  He made so many of us.
• If you don’t keep a to-do list, you may only notice what you leave undone.

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• What can you do in the next half-hour that would give you the best payoff?
• Sometimes it's hard to tell patience from procrastination.
• The secret of patience is doing something else in the meantime.
• Waiting is a choice.  Whether you intend to choose it or not.
• What do you plan to do in the next half-hour?
• You do not think too slowly.   But you may act too quickly.

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• If not now, when?
• Do you know the difference between "I can't do it" and "I can't do it yet?"
• Think with your mouth closed.
• The lion knows that patience is action.
• If you put it off long enough, it may be too late to do it.
• You can always think of what you should have said after you mail the letter.

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• There is a time to plan.  A time to act.  A time to know what time it is.
•  Do it now!  There may be a rule against it tomorrow.
• The key is not which but when.
• Ellen Degeneris:  Start procrastinating now.  Don’t put it off.
• It takes time to gather your thoughts.  Unless you are thoughtless.
• The one good thing about doing something you hate is you get it off your to-do list.

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• The Power of Positive Planning.
• Enough tomorrows will give you a great collection of empty yesterdays.–Professor Harold Hill
• Procrastination is just another name for underestimating the work.
• The way to have big problems is to wait for the little ones to grow up.
• Missing a deadline is just nature’s way of teaching us how to schedule.
• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

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• If you sleep on it, you’ll find out how it looks in the morning.
• Hoping and wishing are excuses for waiting.
• Incubation is too good to leave to the chickens.
• You hate it.  You can’t avoid it.  Do it now or it will ruin your day.
• It won't get any easier.

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• The benefit of a to-do list is that it feels good to scratch something off.
• The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
• Patience grows out of planning.
• It is time to know what you will be doing in the next hour.
• If it's not in your schedule it's not in your plans.

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• If you don’t want to do it now, schedule it.
• If you don’t want to schedule it, forget about it.
• If you don’t want to forget about it, schedule it.
• While you procrastinate, plan.
• Someday is a long way off.

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• Every choice has its time.  If you don't know the time, you don't know the choice.
• Warning!  Dates on calendar are closer than they appear.
• Always enough time to fix it, never enough time to do it right in the first place.
• It is never too late to use an idea. It is just too early for the next time you need it.
• How do you know when you're finished?   Your goal will tell you.
• The worst way to know you are finished is to hit the deadline.

  

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