Laurence J. Peter Quotes

Tomorrow will be too late, it's now or never.

Now is almost always the better choice. You never know about later.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. . . . Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, 'Too late.' ... Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world.

Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

We cannot put off the difficult decisions for another day, another generation.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

All urgent calls he shall hear at once, but never put off; for when postponed, they will prove too hard or impossible to accomplish.

One today, is worth two tomorrow.

If you wait until you have all the facts, then it will be too late..

In delay there lies no plenty.

What I lose today I can't make up tomorrow. I have to do it today.

Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.

The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

Do it now and avoid the June rush! Fear death by water!

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.

Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know.

The right time is always right now.

You've got work to do. Don't put this off. And don't take the long view, here. You know? Life is today and tomorrow and - and if you're lucky, next week.

The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age!

if a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.