Selected Quotes By Jim Rohn
"What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life."
Jim Rohn, Life
"For every promise, there is a price to pay... If the promise is clear, the price is easy..."
Jim Rohn, Life
"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
Jim Rohn, Life
"For things to change, you have to change."
Jim Rohn, Life
"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got."
Jim Rohn, Life
"How long should you try? Until."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation."
Jim Rohn, Life
"Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch."
Jim Rohn, Society
"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."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom, Success
"Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Motivation alone is not enough.if you have an idiot and you motivate him,now you have a motivated idiot."
Jim Rohn, Goals, Intelligence/Wisdom
"The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."
Jim Rohn, Happiness
"Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can."
Jim Rohn, Life, Goals
"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour."
Jim Rohn, Time
"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals."
Jim Rohn, Success
"Success is something you attract by the person you become."
Jim Rohn, Success
"Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average."
Jim Rohn, Management
"The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom, Life
"Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change."
Jim Rohn, Life
"If you don't like how things are, change it. You are not a tree."
Jim Rohn, Life
"Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune."
Jim Rohn, Goals, Work
"Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."
Jim Rohn, Success
"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."
Jim Rohn, Happiness
"Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure."
Jim Rohn, Success
"One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention."
Jim Rohn, Life
"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job."
Jim Rohn, Goals, Work
"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."
Jim Rohn, Life
"The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, "If you will take care of me, I will take care of you. "Now I say, I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me."
Jim Rohn, Life
"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"Either you run the day or the day runs you."
Jim Rohn, Management
"When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."
Jim Rohn, Life, Planning
"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want."
Jim Rohn, Happiness, Wealth, Goals
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure."
Jim Rohn, Success
"Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs."
Jim Rohn, Success
"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"Let others lead small lives, but not you.. Let others argue over small things, but not you.. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."
Jim Rohn, Goals, Success
"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."
Jim Rohn, Life
"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly."
Jim Rohn, Management
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom."
Jim Rohn, Goals
"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."
Jim Rohn, Intelligence/Wisdom
"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."