Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

While the grasse groweth the horse starveth.

That's human nature. Nobody does anything until it's too late.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

A man was desired to rise from bed because the sun was already up. He replied: "If I had as far to go and as much to do as he has, I should be up by now; but having but a little way to go, I shall not get up yet."

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

If you rest too long the weeds take the garden.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

The worst thing we can do is to do nothing.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Use your time well. Everyone gets time equally. It doesn't matter how much money you make.

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

Time is a finite resource that you can't get back. I have the same 24 hours you have, and you get the same 24 hours as me. As you rise, so does you chance for opportunity.

When I look back, I think I just never got the opportunity to play every day.

I'm a pretty good procrastinator.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

I tend to have a hard time working on pieces long before they're due. That's why I think the fact that I write a column is really good for me - the column has to be done, and there's no getting around it.

Make use of time, let not advantage slip.

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.

He who commences many things finishes but few.

The distracting feeling of disbelief when you're finally doing something you've procrastinated on for notable amounts of time.

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.

Sometimes, the hardest habit to break is the habit of doing nothing beyond the necessary.

In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world; or you can just jump off it.

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.