Quotes By Jim Rohn

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

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.

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.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

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

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

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The more you know the less you need to say.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

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

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

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.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

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

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

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

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

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.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

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

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.

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.

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

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.