Jim Rohn Quotes

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Jim Rohn (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009), full name Emanuel James Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. He wrote numerous books.

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Birth Name: Emanuel James Rohn.

Alternative Names: Emanuel James Rohn • Emanuel James "Jim" Rohn

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

Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way.

Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary

When we share knowledge in the written or verbal form, amazing things can happen. When one person conveys knowledge to another person, two things happen. The first is a transformation of the person who listens to a presentation or reads a book or article, but another transformation takes place as well, namely in the speaker or author.

Let your library be a testimonial of your dedicated interest in accelerated personal development, that you will read whatever you have to read you will hear whatever you must hear and you will watch and see whatever you must see in order to make your life refined and worthwhile and achieve all your purpose.

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.

If you're going to the ocean at least take a bucket.

Finding is reserved for those who reach.

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:

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

The greatest value of the past is how wisely we invest it in the future. Let the past be a servant for making the future both more enjoyable and profitable.

We must be happy with what we want when we are in pursuit of what we want.

Life expects us to make a reasonable amount of progress in a reasonable amount of time. That's why they make those second grade chairs so small.

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

Those whose efforts have produced a poor result often have a lengthy list of reasons to justify their poor progress. To them the items on the list are not excuses, they are reasons. They blame the company or they blame the boss. They blame taxes. They blame their parents or the teachers or the system. Sometimes they even blame the country.