Jim Rohn Quotes

If you don't like where you are, change it. You're not a tree.

"We don't get what we need. We get what we search for".

Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,... but we get paid for the value, not the time.

Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.

Each person entering our world brings either a contribution or destruction. Trying to be “always nice” is to invite certain disaster. Those with poisonous attitudes, strange opinions, and caustic conversations love to look for someone nice who will listen to them. They love to dump their verbal garbage into the mental factory of anyone willing to listen. A major challenge in life is for each person to learn the art of standing guard at the doorway of their mind. Carefully examine the credentials and authority of those seeking to enter within that place where your attitudes are formed.

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?

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

The things that change your life are: the people you meet, the classes you take, and the books you read.

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

People would do better, if they knew better.

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

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is tragedy. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance creates lack. Ignorance creates disease. Ignorance will shorten your life. Ignorance will empty your life and leave you with the husks, nothing to account for.

Before I met Mr. Shoaff, I used to ask, “How much does it cost?” But he taught me to ask, “What is it worth?” When I started to base my life on value instead of price, all kinds of things began to happen.

Once you set goals that really matter to you, you are no longer the same person. Real goals will affect almost everything you do all day long. And they will be with you wherever you go. Your handshake, your manner of dressing, the tone of your voice, the way you feel — all will change once you have goals. That’s because when your goals matter, everything you do becomes related to their accomplishment.