Jim Rohn Quotes

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully.

It is not the direction of the wind that determines your destination. It is the set of your sail.

Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.

The greatest motivation you can give to others is the proof of your success

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

You cannot change your destination overnight. You can change your direction.

Successful people are action oriented and they have bigger libraries than TV's.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

The strongest the why, the easiest the how becomes.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.

The more you know the less you need to say.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

How long should you try? Until.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

For every promise, there is price to pay.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written.

And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

The book you don't read won't help.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

You must take personal responsibility.

You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

There are only about a half dozen things that make 80% of the difference in any area of our lives.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.