Edward Young Procrastination Quotations

Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.

Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.