procrastination is the thief of time

procrastination is the thief of time

proverb It is easy to waste, lose track of, and subsequently run out of time by putting off what one ought to be doing. I know you think two weeks is plenty of time to finish your essay, but you're better off getting to work on it now—procrastination is the thief of time, after all. A: "I'll start studying after I beat one more level in my video game." B: "Don't leave it too late—procrastination is the thief of time!"
See also: of, thief, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Prov. If you put off doing what you ought to do, you will end up not having enough time to do it properly. Jim: Have you started looking for a job yet? Jane: Oh, that can wait till tomorrow. Jim: Procrastination is the thief of time.
See also: of, thief, time
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • teach a man to fish
  • it takes a village
  • village
  • bigger they are, the harder they fall
  • bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
  • a place for everything, and everything in its place
  • best-laid plans go astray, the
  • the best-laid plans
  • the best-laid plans go astray
  • the best-laid plans of mice and men
References in classic literature
In large letters was the name of a firm well-known to Philip, Lynn and Sedley, Regent Street, London; and below, in type smaller but still of some magnitude, was the dogmatic statement: Procrastination is the Thief of Time. Then a question, startling because of its reasonableness: Why not order today?
Of Human Bondage
Their motto was in these words, namely, "Procrastination is the thief of time." And so, whenever they did come upon a man who was alone, they said, Behold, this person hath the wherewithal--let us go through him.
The Innocents Abroad
So let's adopt the maxim of Dickens' Wilkins Micawber from David Copperfield: "Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him".
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Procrastination is the thief of time." I say, remember that life is short, so get it done!
LIFE IS SHORT GET IT DONE Stop Procrastinating!
My Dad borrowed this quotation from the 17th Century English poet/critic Edward Young and wrote it on the back of an envelope that I now have in my den: "Procrastination is the thief of time."
Procrastination is the thief of time
Edward Young's Zhe Complaint, or Night Zhoughts (1742-1745) warned, in a passage frequently anthologized and quoted for the next century, "Procrastination is the Thief of Time" (14).
Pathologizing procrastination; or, the romanticization of work
Edward Young, an 18th-century poet and playwright, once wrote, "Procrastination is the thief of time." What did he mean by that?
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