Quotes by Jim Rohn

“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.”

“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”

“Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.”

“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.”

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”

“Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.”

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

“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.”

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

“Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”

“For every disciplined effort, there is a multiple reward.”

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

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

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

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

“How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness.”

“I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”

“Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.”

“If there is one critical ingredient for your successful quest for both wealth and happiness, it is discipline.”

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

“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.”

“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.”

“If you make money your love and you pursue affluence to the exclusion of or at the expense of other values, you have lost, not won.”

“It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.”

“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.”

“Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself you'll make a fortune.”

“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”

“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.”

“Life expects us to make a reasonable amount of progress in a reasonable amount of time. That's why they make those second-grade chairs so small.”

“Make measurable progress in reasonable time.”

“Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.”

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

“Money is usually attracted, not pursued.”

“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.”

“Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.”

“Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.”

“Some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.”

“Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”

“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.”

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

“Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.”

“Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.”

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

“The book you don't read won't help.”

“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.”

“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”

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

“The greatest value of the past is how wisely we invest it in the future. Let the past be a servant for making the future both more enjoyable and profitable.”

“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.”

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

“The more you know the less you need to say.”

“The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter.”

“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”

“The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.”

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”

“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.”

“There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it's what we do with them that's important.”

“There are two types of pain you will go through in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”

“There is an old saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention". How true! With that in mind, always work on your reasons first and the answers second.”

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

“To be successful you don’t need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

“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?”

“We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time, but we get paid for the value, not the time.”

“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.”

“Whatever good things we build end up building us.”

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

“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.”

“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”

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

“Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”

“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”

“You can have all you want out of life if you endeavor to help others. If you want to be a powerful and influential leader, then you simply must recognize this absolute fact.”

“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.”

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

“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.”

“You want to set a goal that is big enough that in the process of achieving it you become someone worth becoming.”

“Your level of success will rarely exceed your level of personal development because success is something you attract by the person you become.”

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