Jim Rohn Quotes

If you could do better, should you?

You say, 'The country is messed up.' That's like cursing the soil and the seed and the sunshine and the rain, which is all you've got. Don't curse all you've got. When you get your own planet, you can rearrange this whole deal. This one you've got to take like it comes.

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.

You want to set a goal that is big enough that in the process of achieveing it you become someone worth becoming.

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.

One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental "I should" list.

Results, are the name of the game.

All of life is a risk; in fact we're not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words.

Direction determines destination.

The only constant factor in life is our feelings and attitudes toward life. One of the few things that we have total control over is our own attitude.

Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.

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

Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author.

The thing that will make the biggest difference to your business, your bank account, your health and your relationships in the next 12 months is your philosophy

If you don't change your approach than you will never change your results!

The major key to your better future is you.

I admit that I haven't read everything in my library, but I feel smarter just walking in it!

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.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

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

Don't be anybody's follower, be a student.

Stand guard at the door of your mind.

We can no longer afford to spend major time on minor things than spend minor time on major things.

Life is a process of accumulation. We either accumulate the debt or the value, the regret or the equity.

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

The Bible says that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. It doesn't say that it is impossible!

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill.

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

Always be eager to learn, no matter how successful you might already be. In the Millionaires' Club, we sometimes invite a billionaire to come talk to us. He says, 'You're doing okay, but come on. How about if you really poured it on!'

Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.

Someone once said to me that success isn't everything and I think I know what they really meant. I believe what they really meant was that money wasn't everything and I certainly agree with that. But I do believe that success IS everything.

I have found in life that if you want a miracle you first need to do whatever it is you can do – if that’s to plant, then plant; if it is to read, then read; if it is to change, then change; if it is to study, then study; if it is to work, then work; whatever you have to do. And then you will be well on your way of doing the labor that works miracles.

Don't sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself.

In order to do more. I've got to be more.

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.

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

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

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

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.

Good service leads to multiple sales. If you take good care of your customers, they will open doors you could never open by yourself.

For things to change, you have to change.

Set the kind of goals that will make something of you to achieve them.

Successful people are action oriented.

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.

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 challenge wish for more wisdom

You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.