Monday, December 17, 2012

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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