Jim Rohn Quotes

I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.

In America, everything you need to succeed is within reach.

Gratitude is what starts the receiving process.

The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence .

People would do better, if they knew better.

Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.

It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation.

Be fascinated instead of frustrated.

I admit that I haven't read everything in my library, but I feel smarter just walking in it!

For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, 'Follow me.' Now that's brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn't have to say.

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?

Your income is directly related to your philosophy, NOT the economy.

Look at each day as a chance to invest life into life. A chance to share your experience and deposit it into someone else's conscience. Each day is a chance to work miracles in the lives of others.

Tyranny knows no restraint of appetite.

What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.

When the promise is clear, the price gets easy

Whether you stay six weeks, six months or six years, always leave it better than you found it.

If kids clearly see the promise, they will gladly pay the price.

If you don't change your approach than you will never change your results!

If you want to have more, you have to become more.

Dreams get you started; discipline keeps you going.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill.

Imagination is the beginning of reality.

Some teachers teach for others to learn. That's not me. Some teachers teach for others to accomplish. That is me.

Be grateful for what you have, while in pursuit of what you want.

Don't ask for security, ask for adventure. Better to live 30 years full of adventure than a 100 years safe in the corner.

Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action.

The big question is, are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?

Profits are better than wages.

It's important to learn from your mistakes, but it is BETTER to learn from other people's mistakes, and it is BEST to learn from other people's successes. It accelerates your own success.

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.

Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.

Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself; 'Are all the disciplines that I'm currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?'

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book that could change our lives.

Don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.

Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way.

It's not dependency that creates your future. It's independence that creates your better future.

Sometimes those who need it the most are inclined the least.

We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast

God has the tough end of the deal. What if instead of planting the seed you had to make the tree? That would keep you up late at night, trying to figure that one out.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you.

Emotions are the fuel and the mind is the pilot which together propel the ship of civilized progress.

It's not what happens, it's what you do that determines your future.

Treat the past as a school.

The biggest reason people don't succeed is because they don't expose themselves to existing information.

The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development

Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness.

A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.

Associations are both subtle and powerful.