72 Quotes & Sayings By 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

Ignoranceis not bliss. Ignorance is tragedy. Ignorance isdevastation. Ignorance creates lack. Ignorancecreates disease. Ignorance will shorten your life. Ignorance will empty your life and leave you withthe husks, nothing to account for. No, ignorance isnot bliss. Here’s another note to make: What you don’t knowwill hurt you. What you don’t know will tragicallyaffect your life. What you don’t know will leaveyour life empty. What you don’t know will leaveyou without a relationship. We’re all affected byknowledge, whether we know or whether we don’tknow. That’s why you’ve got to read the books. Jim Rohn

A lot of people don’t do well simply because they major in minor things. Jim Rohn

Here's a good phrase for you to jot down: wherever you are, be there! Be there to absorb it. Take a picture if you can. Take pictures in your mind; let your soul and heart take pictures. Get it, capture it, absorb it. And don't be casual in getting it. Casualness leads to casualties. Jim Rohn

Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way. Jim Rohn

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Rohn

Until is a very important word. It means that you will never give up. Jim Rohn

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

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness. Jim Rohn

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life. Jim Rohn

Let your library be a testimonial of your dedicated interest in accelerated personal development, that you will read whatever you have to read you will hear whatever you must hear and you will watch and see whatever you must see in order to make your life refined and worthwhile and achieve all your purpose. Jim Rohn

You have the power to mold your life how ever you want. To shape it and reshape it. Jim Rohn

We must be happy with what we got when we are in pursuit of what we want. Jim Rohn

We must be happy with what we want when we are in pursuit of what we want. Jim Rohn

William James described success as a combination of two things. An inner ideal which is followed persistently with courage and Outer achievement related to that ideal. Jim Rohn

Big achievements come one small advantage at a time, one step at a time, one day at time. Jim Rohn

I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, "Twenty-Six dollars for a blank book! Why would you pay that?" The reason I pay twenty-six dollars is to challenge myself to find something worth twenty-six dollars to put in there. All my journals are private, but if you ever got hold of one of them, you wouldn't have to look very far to discover it is worth more than twenty-six dollars. Jim Rohn

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want. - Jim Rohn Jim Rohn

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn

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. Jim Rohn

It doesn’t matter whether someone thinks I’mshort or tall, but it matters if I stand tall in my owneyes–because I know my disciplines, I know what I’m doing, I know whether I’m doing it or not doing it. It doesn’t have to be published in some local paper, as long as I know that I’m paying the price and that Ideserve the applause and I deserve the prize. That’swhat’s exciting. That’s why this goal setting is soimportant. It challenges you to grow. It challengesyou to become more than you are, to move up to thenext level. And that’s key. . Jim Rohn

If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. Jim Rohn

It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it. Jim Rohn

Either you run the day or the day runs you. Jim Rohn

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. Jim Rohn

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. Jim Rohn

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. Jim Rohn

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people. Jim Rohn

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

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go. Jim Rohn

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn

Labor gives birth to ideas. Jim Rohn

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn

Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn

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

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. Jim Rohn

Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time. Jim Rohn

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future. Jim Rohn

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. Jim Rohn

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

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. Jim Rohn

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. Jim Rohn

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

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. 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

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn

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

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. Jim Rohn

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. Jim Rohn

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Jim Rohn

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals. Jim Rohn

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. Jim Rohn

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. Jim Rohn

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming. 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