never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

English

Etymology

Attributed to Thomas Jefferson

Proverb

never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

1. Do not procrastinate whatever that can be done today until tomorrow.

   Near-synonyms: he who hesitates is lost, procrastination is the thief of time, there's no time like the present

Translations

do not procrastinate whatever can be done today until tomorrow

• Finnish: ei huomenna vaan tänään
• German: was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen (de)
• Polish: nie odkładaj na jutro tego, co możesz zrobić dzisiaj
• Scottish Gaelic: is fheàrr aon diugh na dà mhàireach
• Ukrainian: ніко́ли не відклада́й на за́втра те, що мо́жеш зроби́ти сього́дні (nikóly ne vidkladáj na závtra te, ščo móžeš zrobýty sʹohódni)

See also

• a stitch in time saves nine