Jim Rohn Quotes

“If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you”

“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”

“The future does not get better by hope, it gets better by plan. And to plan for the future we need goals.”

“You can help a thousand...but you can't carry three on your back!”

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

“Pity the man who inherits a million and isn't a millionaire. Here's what would be pitiful, if your income grew and you didn't.”

“Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.”

“I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.”

“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.”

“The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter”

“Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?”

“One discipline always leads to another discipline.”

“It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.”

“We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.”

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

“It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.”

“The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused.”

“Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.”

“Don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.”

“The most important question to ask is "What am I becoming?"”

“Don’t see the mind for more than it is, but don’t misread it for all that it can be.”

“The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.”

“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 bigger the 'why' the easier the 'how'.”

“One way to learn to do something right is to do something wrong. Failure must teach us, or surely success will not reward us.”