Jim Rohn Quotes

What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know

What you want will pull like a magnet. Here's the other part. What for? Purpose is stronger than object. It's the 'What for?' that's even more powerful than the object. And the more you can describe in detail to stir the emotion and the intellect and the spirit and the soul, then the more powerful the 'what for' is.

If you don't have a plan for what you want, then you will probably find yourself buying into someone else's plan and later find out that was not the direction you wanted to go. You've got to be the architect of your life.

Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it.

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.

As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go.

Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.

You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills

Wherever you are, be there. Lifestyle is not something we do; it is something we experience. And until we learn to be there, we will never master the art of living well.

The question is not whether the formula for success will work, but rather whether the person will work the formula.

Be grateful for what you have, while in pursuit of what you want.

Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.

Good people are found, not changed.

There is very little difference between one who cannot read and one who will not read.

The guy says, "When you work where I work, by the time you get home, it's late. You've got to have a bite to eat, watch a little TV, relax and get to bed. You can't sit up half the night planning, planning, planning." And he's the same guy who is behind on his car payment!

If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.

The major value of reaching goals is not to acquire it, but it's the person you become while you're working to acquire it.

The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development

Don't just let your business or your job make something for you; let it make something of you.

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

To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into financial independence.

If you will change, things will change for you.

Associations are both subtle and powerful.

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.

When you invest in people and lift them toward their potential, they will love you for it.

Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change.

If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace.

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

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.’

When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two.

For what it will make of you to achieve it.

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

My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'

Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education.

What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.

There are no new fundamentals. You've got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, "I've got a new fundamental." That's like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques.

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

You are what you are today because of the choices you made in the past

Gratitude is what starts the receiving process.

There is something magical about putting a problem in writing. It is almost as though by writing about what is wrong, you start to discover new ways of making it right.

One of the secrets to success is ideas mixed with inspiration

The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

On any one day you can massively change the direction of your life.

Human beings are the only creatures who have the ability to write down their goals and design their future. And here is why most of us don't. We're trapped either by regret of the past or the routine of the present.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

When asked to give a speech never turn it down. It is a chance to develop you and to give new insight to others

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinary well.