tomorrow never comes

tomorrow never comes

1. A goal or action which is postponed until a future day is often never accomplished; do not procrastinate.
   • 1885, G. A. Henty, In Freedom's Cause, ch. 4:

     "I will take you tomorrow," he said.

     "Tomorrow never comes," Archie replied with a laugh.

   • 1909, "Fall in Line", Seamen's Journal, vol. 23, p. 11 (Google books):

     Don't wait until tomorrow; tomorrow never comes. Don't wait for some one else to start; start it yourself.

   • 2006, Mutea Rukwaru, Successful Time Management, →ISBN, p. xv (Google preview):

     Avoid procrastination like the plague. Some people make a habit of putting things off to tomorrow and then find that somehow tomorrow never comes.

2. Tomorrow has no reality, since every day is experienced as today.
   • 1884, Warren Felt Evans, The Divine Law of Cure, p. 107 (Google books):

     We never go beyond the present. . . . Tomorrow never comes. Our existence is enclosed within the divine moment, the eternal now.

   • 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Terrible, ch. 13:

     "But tomorrow they give me to Bu-lot," she said sadly.

     "May it be always tomorrow," replied Tarzan, "for tomorrow never comes."

   • 2008, Jonathan Goodwin, in We Support You: Letters of Encouragement for Our Troops Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Xulon Press, →ISBN, p. 88 (Google preview):

     The truth is, tomorrow never comes! The minute you step into your tomorrow, it becomes your today.