Jim Rohn Quotes

Once you have seen and felt your ideal future, you will be ready and able to pay any price to get there. ~ Jim Rohn

There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes, it's what we do with them that's important ~ Jim Rohn

If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret. ~ Jim Rohn

The millionaire says to a thousand people, 'I read this book and it started me on the road to wealth.' Guess how many go out and get the book? Very few. Isn't that incredible? Why wouldn't everyone get the book?! ~ Jim Rohn

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

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. ~ Jim Rohn

Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them. ~ Jim Rohn

Don't ask for life to be easy. Ask for it to be worth it. ~ Jim Rohn

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them ~ Jim Rohn

Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain. ~ Jim Rohn

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

We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. ~ Jim Rohn

Associations are both subtle and powerful. ~ Jim Rohn

Don't look for things to be easier, look for you to be better ~ Jim Rohn

Service to others leads to greatness. ~ Jim Rohn

At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you. ~ Jim Rohn

Show your contempt for the problem and your concern for the person. ~ Jim Rohn

Sometimes you need to stay in touch but be out of reach. ~ Jim Rohn

Opportunity shies away from need, but opportunity is attracted by talent and ability. What you don't want to happen is opportunity to turn cool on you. You don't want to offend opportunity. So the only thing you present to opportunity is ability, performance and skill. Don't present need to opportunity. ~ Jim Rohn

Getting and becoming are siamese twins. If you want more than you have, you have to become more than you are. ~ Jim Rohn

Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight what's holding you back, what's keeping you from your goals and dreams. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become. ~ Jim Rohn

The wind blows on us all, but it's how you set your ssail that makes the difference. ~ Jim Rohn

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

Your ability will grow to match your dreams. ~ Jim Rohn

Find someone who is willing to share the truth with you. ~ Jim Rohn

It's not getting the million that's important, it's what it makes of you to achieve becoming a MILLIONAIRE. ~ Jim Rohn

It is better to be a lender than a spender. ~ Jim Rohn

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value. ~ Jim Rohn

I'm working full-time on my job and part time on my fortune. But it won't be long before I'm working full-time on my fortune ... can you imagine what my life will look like? ~ Jim Rohn

Always do more than you get paid for to make an investment in your future. ~ Jim Rohn

Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can. ~ Jim Rohn

If you don't like how something is going for you, change it. If something isn't enough, change it. If something doesn't suit you, change it. If something doesn't please you, change it. You don't ever have to be the same after today. If you don't like your present address change it - you're not a tree! ~ Jim Rohn

One of the amazing things we have been given as humans is the unquenchable desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams. ~ Jim Rohn

Take advice, but don't take orders. ~ Jim Rohn

We are all affected by five things. But the most important thing that affects us is our dreams
our ability to see the future. But here's why we don't reach into the future. We're trapped either by regret of the past or the routine of the present. So make sure that the greatest pull on you is the pull of the future. ~ Jim Rohn

Attitude determines choice, and choice determines results. All that we are, and all that we can become has indeed been left unto us. ~ Jim Rohn

I wish for you a life of wealth, health and happiness; a life in which you give to yourself the gift of patience, the virtue of reason, the value of knowledge, and the influence of faith in your own ability to dream about and achieve worthy rewards. ~ Jim Rohn

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. ~ Jim Rohn

Help another and you will be the one who benefits most ~ Jim Rohn

Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy. ~ Jim Rohn

If you want to be healthy study health ... if you want to be wealthy, study wealth ... if you want to be happy, study happiness. ~ Jim Rohn

Every time we speak, we choose and use one of four basic communication styles: assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive. ~ Jim Rohn

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person. ~ Jim Rohn

Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a 'must' and 'want'. ~ Jim Rohn

Women have an incredible ability to pick up on emotional signals. For example, there are some wolves that are so clever they have learned to dress up like sheep. Man says, "Looks like a sheep. Talks like a sheep." Woman says, "Ain't no sheep!" ~ Jim Rohn

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge. ~ Jim Rohn

the man who has a favorite restaurant but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind! One ~ Jim Rohn

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. ~ Jim Rohn

Sharpen your interest in two major subjects: life and people. You will only gather information from a source if you are interested in it. ~ Jim Rohn

If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you ~ Jim Rohn

If you will change everything will change for you. Don't wait for things to change. Change doesn't start out there, change starts within ... All change starts with you. ~ Jim Rohn

Learning the art of expressing gratitude will force you to focus on the positive. ~ Jim Rohn

Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education. ~ Jim Rohn

The good life is not an amount; it's an attitude, an act, an idea, a discovery, a search. ~ Jim Rohn

Reasons come first, answers second. It seems that life has a mysterious quirk of camouflaging the answers in such a way that they become apparent only to those who are inspired enough to look for them - who have reasons to look for them. ~ Jim Rohn

A life best lived is a life by design. Not by accident, and not by just walking through the day careening from wall to wall and managing to survive. That's okay. But if you can start giving your life dimensions and design and color and objectives and purpose, the results can be staggering. ~ Jim Rohn

It seems that every life form on this planet strives toward its maximum potential ... except human beings. A tree does not grow to half its potential size and then say, "l guess that will do." A tree will drive its roots as deep as possible. It will soak up as much nourishment as it can, stretch as high and as wide as nature will allow, and then look down as if to remind us of how much each of us could become if we would only do all that we can. ~ Jim Rohn

If you depend on your company to take care of your retirement, your future income will be divided by five. Take care of it yourself, and you can multiply your future income by five. ~ Jim Rohn

Indecision is the thief of opportunity. ~ Jim Rohn

Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change. ~ Jim Rohn

The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself. Don't wait for things to deteriorate so drastically that someone else must impose discipline into your life. ~ Jim Rohn

Our emotions need to be as educated as our intellect. It is important to know how to feel, how to respond, and how to let life in so that it can touch you. ~ Jim Rohn

For every promise, there is a price to pay ... If the promise is clear, the price is easy ... ~ Jim Rohn

The fact is that living the life of your dreams is possible. People prove that every day. Someone somewhere is going to get rich, get healthy and improve their life. My recommendation is this: Let it be you ~ Jim Rohn

You can help a thousand ... but you can't carry three on your back! ~ Jim Rohn

What kind of person will you have to become to get all you want? In fact, why not write down a few thoughts on this in your notebook or journal. Write down the kinds of skills you'll need to develop and the knowledge you'll need to gain. The answers will give you some new goals for personal development.Remember this rule: Income Rarely Exceeds Personal Development. ~ Jim Rohn

To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract. ~ Jim Rohn

Wherever You Are, Be There
One of the major reasons why we fail to find happiness or to create unique lifestyle is because we have not yet mastered the art of being. ~ Jim Rohn

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

Most people are just trying to get through the day. Sophisticated people learn how to get from the day. ~ Jim Rohn

For what it will make of you to achieve it. ~ Jim Rohn

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

If someone hands you a million dollars, best you become a millionaire, or you won't get to keep the money. ~ Jim Rohn

Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect. ~ Jim Rohn

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book. ~ Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn is the master motivator - he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference and it sticks. I consider Jim the 'Chairman of Speakers.' The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend, Jim Rohn. ~ Mark Victor Hansen

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries. ~ Jim Rohn

If you're serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don't trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down. ~ Jim Rohn

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around. ~ Jim Rohn

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples - do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings - don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning. ~ Jim Rohn

How many languages can a child learn? As many as you will take the time to teach them. ~ Jim Rohn

You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. ~ Jim Rohn

If it's raining you can't fix the roof, if it's not raining it doesn't need to be fixed ~ Jim Rohn

It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you. ~ Jim Rohn

When the why gets stronger, the how gets easier. ~ Jim Rohn

The reason most people don't accomplish much is because they don't want much. ~ Jim Rohn

When someone becomes a millionaire, the least important thing is what they have. The most important thing is what they have become. ~ Jim Rohn

You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity. ~ Jim Rohn

Initial response illustrates a great deal about someone's personal philosophy. ~ Jim Rohn

Learn to help people with more than just their jobs: help them with their lives. ~ Jim Rohn

What you give becomes an investment that will return to you multiplied at some point in the future. ~ Jim Rohn

Make measurable progress in reasonable time. ~ Jim Rohn

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. ~ Jim Rohn

Life responds to deserve and not to need. It doesn't say,"If you need,you will reap." It says,"If you plant you will reap."The guys says,"I really need to reap."Then you really need to plant. ~ Jim Rohn

There are some things you don't have to know how it works – only that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are picking the fruit. It just depends on which end of this you want to get in on." -- Jim Rohn ~ Jim Rohn

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

I used to say, 'Things cost too much.' Then my teacher straightened me out on that by saying, 'The problem isn't that things cost too much. The problem is that you can't afford it.' That's when I finally understood that the problem wasn't 'it' - the problem was 'me. ~ Jim Rohn

A life worth living is a life worth recording. ~ Jim Rohn

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of inspiration. ~ Jim Rohn

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. ~ Jim Rohn