Jim Rohn Quotes

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

I believe that if more companies took greater care to recognize their employees — not just the salespeople but also the executives, the secretaries, and the maintenance people — they would see an unbelievable surge in productivity.

everything you need is within reach. The ideas you need for life change or business change are within “listening reach.” They are within “reading reach.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habits is what keeps you going.

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

Let me share with you an intriguing thought. The real value in setting goals is not in their achievement. The acquisition of the things you want is strictly secondary. The major reason for setting goals is to compel you to become the person it takes to achieve them. Let me explain:

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

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

Happiness is also the freedom from the negative children of fear such as worry, low self-esteem, envy, greed, resentment, prejudice, and hatred.

The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book!

Getting and becoming are like Siamese twins: What you become directly influences what you get. Think of it this way: Most of what you have today you have attracted by becoming the person you are today.

The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself. Don’t wait for things to deteriorate so drastically that someone else must impose discipline into your life.

Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.