“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Beware of desp'rate steps! The darkest day
(Live till tomorrow) will have passed away.”
"The Needless Alarm, Moral" (1794).
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(1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist 1731–1800Related quotes
“If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay?
Not till earth, and not till heaven
Pass away.”
Stephen the Hymnographer (725–802) Byzantine hymnographer and saint
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 153.
“I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.”
Aldous Huxley book Brave New World
Source: Brave New World
“Step by step
Moment by moment
We live through
Another day”
Anne McCaffrey book Dragon Harper
Source: Dragon Harper
“Defer not till tomorrow to be wise,
Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.”
William Congreve (1670–1729) British writer
"Letter to Cobham", line 61. Compare: "Be wise to-day, 't is madness to defer", Edward Young, Night Thoughts, Night i. line 390
“The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come.”
Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) British businessman, politician, and statesman
Speech at Birmingham, May 13, 1904.
1900s
“Pain is hard to bear," he cried,
"But with patience, day by day,
Even this shall pass away.”
Theodore Tilton (1835–1907) American newspaper editor
All Things shall pass away, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).