Jim Rohn Quotes

Browse 51 quotes from Jim Rohn, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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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.
When you know what you want, and want it badly enough, you will find a way to get it.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
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.
Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.
Success is something you attract by the person you become.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.
Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you.
Success leaves clues.
Learn to work harder on yourself than on your job.
The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development.
It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.
Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.
Don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.
Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.
What is easy to do is also easy not to do.
If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be bold, but not a bully.
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.
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.
Don't mistake movement for achievement.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.
Don't major in the minors
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Success is a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
The few who do are the envy of the many who watch.
You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.
The greatest gift you can give another person is your attention.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
Don't join an easy crowd; you won't grow.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Money is usually attracted, not pursued.
Income seldom exceeds personal development.
The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.
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