Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today

Meaning: Avoid procrastination.

Origin: Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (1757).

Translations

• French: Ne remets pas à demain ce que tu peux faire aujourd'hui (literally: Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today)
• Spanish: No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy (literally: Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today)
• Japanese: 今日できることを明日に延ばすな (Kyō dekiru koto wo asu ni nobasu na) (literally: Don't postpone to tomorrow what you can do today)

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