Jim Rohn Quotes

When the record book on you is finished, let it show your wins and losses. But don't let it show you didn't try.

Remind yourself that you're bound to get better. Don't get down on yourself. Don't beat yourself up. It's the next opportunity that matters, not the last one.

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.'

We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.

Now, here is my definition of success: A few simple Disciplines practiced every day. Do you see the distinction? A few disciplines... Here's a little phrase we've all heard, An apple a day keeps the doctor away. And my question to you is, What if that's true? How simple and easy is that plan?

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

So when somebody asks me to make a decision about a situation, I don't offer a solution, I ask a question: What are our options? Give me the good, give me the bad, give me the pretty, give me the ugly, give me the impossible, give me the possible, give me the convenient, give me the inconvenient. Give me the options. All I want are options. And once I have all the options before me, then I comfortably and confidently make my decision.

Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values.

Set goals not for the outcome itself, but for who you get to become in the process.

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

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.

Don't mistake movement for achievement.

An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development. An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

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

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

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

The same wind blows on us all; the winds of disaster, opportunity and change. Therefore, it is not the blowing of the wind, but the setting of the sails that will determine our direction in life.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.

It is what you do about what happens that counts.

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.

Average people look forward to "getting off." Successful people look forward to "getting on."

It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life for forty years, you've just got to say, 'John, if I bring my journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?'

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.

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.

Show your contempt for the problem and your concern for the person.

Creating Your Character is Like an Artist Creating a Sculpture

Enterprise is better than ease.

How much should you earn? As much as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether you earn $10,000 a year or $100,000 a year as long as you've done the best you can.

And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life. If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life-and it all begins with your very own power of choice.

Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles.

Reasons come first. Answers come second

It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.

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

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.

Develop a childlike fascination with life and people.

You must learn to discipline your disappointment.

The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use.

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

If you want things to change, You have to change. If you want things to be better, You have to be better.

It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.

You must get good at one of two things; planting in the spring or begging in the fall.

Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the "experts" suggest.

For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change.

The greatest source of unhappiness comes from inside.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.