Jim Rohn Quotes (93 Quotes)

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.

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

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.

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

For every promise, there is price to pay.

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

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

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

Don't be afraid to borrow if someone else has said it well. Winston Churchill said, The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. That's so well said. You could stay up all night and not think of that.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

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

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.

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

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

You must constantly ask yourself these questions Who am I around What are they doing to me What have they got me reading What have they got me saying Where do they have me going What do they have me thinking And most important, what do they have me becoming Then ask yourself the big question Is that okay Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

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

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

The more you know the less you need to say.

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.

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.

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.

What you become directly influences what you get.

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

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

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.

The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation it is only available by labor.

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

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.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Service to many leads to greatness-great respect, great satisfaction. Success is not having to wait until someone goes to Hong Kong before you get a camera.

We get paid for bringing value to the market place.

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.

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

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

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

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

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.

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

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

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

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

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

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