Nothing does so much turn our life upside down, as delay and procrastination in the performance of our good works. Nay, this has often caused us to lose all.John Chrysostom, OHomily 16 on Matthew, 13
As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.Mark 2:14 NIV
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.Émile Zola, Le Figaro (1881)