Jim Rohn Quotes

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

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 really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

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

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.

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

Time is more valuable 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.

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

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

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.

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.

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 challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

The more you know the less you need to say.

If you want to have more, you have to become more. For things to change, you have to change. For things to get better, you have to become better. If you improve, everything will improve for you. If you grow, your money will grow; your relationships, your health, your business and every external effect will mirror that growth in equal correlation.

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday.

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

I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing

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.

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

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

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

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

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.

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

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

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

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.

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.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

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

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

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.

Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

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

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

Learn to get from the day. Not just get through it, get from it. Soak it up. Each day is a piece of the mosaic of your life.

Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.

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

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

I remember saying to my mentor, 'If I had more money, I would have a better plan.' He quickly responded, 'I would suggest that if you had a better plan, you would have more money.' You see, it's not the amount that counts; it's the plan that counts.

Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed. The mind and body work together. Your body needs to be a good support system for the mind and spirit. If you take good care of it, your body can take you wherever you want to go, with the power and strength and energy and vitality you will need to get there.