
ProverbPerseverance
English origin1742
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Meaning: Delaying tasks gradually steals away your hours until nothing remains to complete them.
Who said it? Edward Young, Night Thoughts, 1742
Origin: From Edward Young's long poem Night Thoughts (1742): "Procrastination is the thief of time; / Year after year it steals, till all are fled." The poem was hugely popular for a century, and this line outlived the rest of it.
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