Top 798 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Rohn - Page 2

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

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

The book you don't read won't help.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

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

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

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.

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

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

Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in.

Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?

We suffer one of two things. Either the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. You've got to choose discipline, versus regret, because discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons.

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.

Start from wherever you are and with whatever you've got.

Never attack a problem without also presenting a solution.

I remember saying to my mentor, 'If I had more money, I would have a better plan.' He quickly responded, 'I would suggest that if you had a better plan, you would have more money.' You see, it's not the amount that counts; it's the plan that counts.

Earn as much money as you possibly can and as quickly as you can. The sooner you get money out of the way, the sooner you will be able to get to the rest of your problems in style.

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.

Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

You have to do more than you get paid for because that’s where the fortune is.

The twin killers of success are impatience and greed.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them

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

Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.

Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.

If you want to have more, you have to become more. For things to change, you have to change. For things to get better, you have to become better. If you improve, everything will improve for you. If you grow, your money will grow; your relationships, your health, your business and every external effect will mirror that growth in equal correlation.

You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills

Learn to express, not impress.

Give so much to the improvement of yourself, that you don’t have time to criticize others.

If you talk to your children, you can help them keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.

The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.

Make rest a necessity, not an objective. Only rest long enough to gather strength.

Learn to get from the day. Not just get through it, get from it. Soak it up. Each day is a piece of the mosaic of your life.

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

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

One of the secrets to success is ideas mixed with inspiration

I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change

Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed. The mind and body work together. Your body needs to be a good support system for the mind and spirit. If you take good care of it, your body can take you wherever you want to go, with the power and strength and energy and vitality you will need to get there.

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. For things to get better, YOU have to get better. For things to improve, YOU have to improve. When YOU grow, EVERYTHING in your life grows with you.

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

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.

I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

When the why gets stronger, the how gets easier.

The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract.

Ideas are information taking shape.

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

If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday.

Income seldom exceeds personal development.

Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you

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