Jim Rohn Quotes

I have attended one of his seminars and benefited from his thoughts and experience. He focused on the fundamentals of human behavior that most affect personal and business performance by using stories to make his point.

Some of his books include,
7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness, The Treasury of Quotes, and Leading an Inspired Life, to name only a few. If you enjoyed the quotes below, then you probably will enjoy other books 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

"Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library."
Jim Rohn

"To have more than you've got, become more than you are."
Jim Rohn

"The more you know the less you need to say."
Jim Rohn

"It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions."
Jim Rohn

"Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you."
Jim Rohn

"For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward."
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

"One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from the day."
Jim Rohn

"Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities."
Jim Rohn

"Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want."
Jim Rohn

"Focus on the solution, not on the problem."
Jim Rohn

"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch."
Jim Rohn

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

"We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short term obstacles."
Jim Rohn

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

"And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life—If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life—and it all begins with your very own power of choice."
Jim Rohn

"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour."
Jim Rohn

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

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

"Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea."
Jim Rohn

"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized--never knowing."
Jim Rohn

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude;
be kind, but not weak;
be bold, but not bully;
be thoughtful, but not lazy;
be humble, but not timid;
be proud, but not arrogant;
have humor, but without folly."
Jim Rohn

"When you know what you want, and want it badly enough, you'll find a way to get it."
Jim Rohn

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

"There are some things you don't have to know how it works. The main thing is that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are piling the fruit. It just depends which end of this you want to get in on."
Jim Rohn

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

"We must become sensitive enough to observe and ponder what is happening around us. Be alert. Be awake. Let life and all of its subtle messages touch us."
Jim Rohn

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

"Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws."
Jim Rohn

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

"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch."
Jim Rohn

"Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food."
Jim Rohn

"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."
Jim Rohn

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

"To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?"
Jim Rohn

"Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."
Jim Rohn

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."
Jim Rohn

"The most important question to ask on the job is not, What am I getting?
The most important question is, What am I becoming?"
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

"The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get."
Jim Rohn