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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.


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THOMAS JEFFERSON Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow if tomorrow might improve the odds.
ROBERT HEINLEIN I am the prince of procrastination. It is my besetting sin. I never put off till tomorrow what I can...
GYLES BRANDRETH Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
MARK TWAIN Never do but one thing at a time, and never put off till to-morrow what you can do today.
LOPE FELIX DE VEGA CARPIO ("TOME BURGUILLOS") Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
GARMAN WOLD Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.
AARON BURR Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best ...
AARON BURR Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best t...
AARON BURR Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
PROVERB Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
SPANISH PROVERB Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.
JOSH BILLINGS Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well
MARK TWAIN I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.
OSCAR WILDE Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.
UNKNOWN My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar...
CHARLES DICKENS Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
MARK TWAIN Don’t put off till tomorrow anyone you could be doing today.
EMMA CHASE 'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent moralit...
J A SPENDER 'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality...
J. A. SPENDER Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.
JOHN C. MAXWELL Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LIFE IS SHORT TIME IS FAST NO REPLAY,NO REWIND SO ENJOY EVERY MOMENT AS IT COMES
HAGAR IBRAHIM If you spend the day thinking about the regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, then you h...
ROBERT RAMSEY Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
MARK TWAIN One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enj...
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NO DOUBT It must be an odd person indeed that can say for certain they are normal.
INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of
my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be sh...
INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be shining...
INITIALLY NO It's nice to finish with a great shot like that. It was a nice way to finish up. It looked pretty go...
DONALD NO I was struggling on the greens (early on the back nine) and had lost a little bit of confidence and ...
DONALD NO They tell me to be quiet
When I’d rather cause a riot
And have everyone screaming
O...
INITIALLY NO We had no doubt that they were guilty.
JUROR NO We did the right thing for Mary. It was not an easy decision, and it was not unanimous at first.
JUROR NO Before, I said I could be fair, but I don't think I can.
JUROR NO We actually challenged one another in the deliberation room. We challenged the issues, and we came t...
JUROR NO I saw two birds having dangerously kinky sex on the main road, while several cars ran above them jus...
INITIALLY NO No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with frie...
HENRY WARD BEECHER Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now
LARRY KERSTEN Enjoy it, learn from it and more than anything, never take your health for granted. Don’t just sei...
CALVIN WADE Define your personal dignity today. Make a list of the positive internal qualities that you value th...
GAIL PURSELL ELLIOTT No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with frie...
HENRY WARD BEECHER Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
Lat., Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow. HORACE Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light.
GINA GREENLEE Stop finding reason to give up and instead start finding reason to keep going. Be true to your work,...
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DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Like there's no tomorrow
PROVERB If you know the true value of time, and live in the moment, you will forget the clock.
APURVA GAGLANI No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.
HENRY KISSINGER The reason why you should enjoy your life today is because,there is no certainty that you will witne...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
THOMAS JEFFERSON There is no room for laziness.
DANIELLE GOYETTE Do it this very moment, Don't put it off, There's no use in doing a kindness, if you do it a day too...
SOURCE UNKNOWN What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you ...
CONDOLEEZZA RICE Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
HEBER J. GRANT Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
ANTON CHEKHOV You never know what you can do till you try
WILLIAM COBBETT No one knows what he can do till he tries.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) No one knows what he can do till he tries.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No one knows what he can do till he tries
PUBLILIUS SYRUS No matter what happens Today. You must remember that...Today will be Tomorrow's past, and Tomorrow w...
PATTY SATJAPOT ... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of ...
NORTON JUSTER Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA NO ONE KNOWS THE REAL VALUE OF SUCCESS TILL THEY TASTE FAILURE
IRSHAD BAIG There is no crime in saying NO! Sometimes, you just have to
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SUZY KASSEM No one can tell you what to expect or can offer a guide to grief. Because every relationship is so u...
ALYSIA REINER The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to...
ARTHUR H. STAINBACK The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to...
ARTHUR H. STAINBACK The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to...
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SHANNON L. ALDER Procrastination usually results in sorrowful regret. Today's duties put off until tomorrow give us a...
IDA SCOTT TAYLOR Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the merci...
EDWARD YOUNG Anything can happen to anyone at any time and you shouldn't just live through the days, or you lose ...
SARAH BRIGHTMAN You know, you lose you're out. So it's time to no matter what, no excuses, to put the ball in the ho...
HEATHER EZELL Seize the moment. Life is so much better when you live it, from moment to moment. In this journey, I...
PHILIP T. M. Do not delude yourself, tomorrow is not guaranteed; and even if good fortune brings you your tomorro...
WAYNE GERARD TROTMAN If the Bible is true, it needs no inspiration, and - if not true, inspiration can do it no good
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Don't get so caught up in everything that you think you're supposed to do that you forget to enjoy t...
AKIROQ BROST A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrac...
NIKKI GIOVANNI Yesterday can no longer hear you,tomorrow will not hear you either,but today is your obedient servan...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can ...
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LORD ACTON There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? ...
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LORD BYRON But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which...
LORD BYRON Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.
LORD BYRON Adversity is the first path to truth.
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