"What is not started today is never..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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“Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.”
“Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.”
“I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.”
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“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
“The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to do it is one of the greatest burglars of joy. Be deliberate, but once you've made up your mind -jump in.”
“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
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“Let us calmly and in a manly fashion go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary frettings and fumings. I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything he really deserves. The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.”
“Focus on execution rather than just the idea.”
“It is very hard to enroll people in anything. And there is a very big difference between the words motivate and inspire. Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined. A highly motivated person takes an idea, goes out there, and won't let anybody interfere with them. Inspiration is exactly the opposite. If motivation is when you get hold of an idea and carry it through to its conclusion, inspiration is the reverse. An idea gets hold of you and carries you where you are intended to go.”