Jim Rohn Quotes

Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.

When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two.

For things to change, you have to change.

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

There are three things to leave behind; your photographs, your library, and your personal journals. These things are certainly going to be more valuable to future generations than your furniture!

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

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

As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go.

Don't say, "If I could, I would." Say, "If I can, I will."

You've got to believe in the possibilities. You've got to believe that tomorrow can be better than today. And here's the big one. Believe in yourself.

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.

Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.

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

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

Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.

The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.

Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.

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?

Learn to hide your need and show your skill.

Riches do not come by crossing your fingers and walking through the day hoping. Riches and wealth comes from well-laid plans.

If you talk to your children, you can help them keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.

Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.

The twin killers of success are impatience and greed.

Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.

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

Goals are like a magnet - they pull. And the stronger they are, the more purposeful they are, the bigger they are, the more unique they are, the stronger they pull.

Never attack a problem without also presenting a solution.

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

We need a variety of input and influence and voices. You cannot get all the answers to life and business from one person or from one source.

Change and everything will change for you.

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

Americans are incredibly inpatient. Someone once said that the shortest period of time in America is the time between when the light turns green and when you hear the first horn honk.

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.

Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?

motivation alone is not enough.if you have an idiot and you motivate him,now you have a motivated idiot.

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.

Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.

The smallest of disciplines, practiced every day, start an incredible process that can change our lives forever.

If you make a sale, you can make a living. If you make an investment of time and good service in a customer, you can make a fortune.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

Don't borrow someone else's plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.

When the why gets stronger, the how gets easier.

We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.

We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need

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

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.