Jim Rohn Quotations | Page 3

Kids ought to have two bicycles, one to ride and one to rent.

It can be dangerous to weaken the strong in our attempts to strengthen the weak.

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

Even if you are new in sales, you can make up in numbers what you lack in skills.

Look what you can become in pursuit of what you want, and look out for what you become in the pursuit of what you want--don't compromise!

The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big.

Ideas are information taking shape.

How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service.

When a new idea comes our way, we must put it on our mental scales and weigh it carefully before deciding its value.

Develop a childlike fascination with life and people.

If the truth isn't enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it.

It is better to be a lender than a spender.

Life operates by deserve. So, in leading people, learn to work with the people who deserve it, not the people who need it.

You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have.

On the way to work, concentrate on the way - not the work.

My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

I remember saying to my mentor, 'If I had more money, I would have a better plan.' He quickly responded, 'I would suggest that if you had a better plan, you would have more money.' You see, it's not the amount that counts; it's the plan that counts.

We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.

If you talk to your children, you can help them keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.

Learn to express, not impress.

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

If you wish to have power and influence over the many, be faithful (disciplined) when there is just a few. If you have a few employees, a few distributors, a few people, that's the time to stay in touch and be totally absorbed -- when there is just a few.

Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Don't say, "If I could, I would." Say, "If I can, I will."

Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut.

Some people you can afford to spend a few minutes with, but not a few hours.

I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And sometimes it can be that simple, just a little twist in vocabulary that illustrates your attitude and philosophy.

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

Love is much deeper than a feeling. Love is a commitment we make to people to always treat that person right and honorably.

The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.

I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me.

We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

You cannot succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit.

How long should you try? Until.

motivation alone is not enough.if you have an idiot and you motivate him,now you have a motivated idiot.

It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require.

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

Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.

Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?

Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life.

Learn from the negative as well as the positive, from the failures as well as the successes.

You have to do more than you get paid for because that’s where the fortune is.

Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.

When the why gets stronger, the how gets easier.

One customer well taken care of could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising.

Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word ‘no’ mean to a child? Almost nothing.

As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go.

There is no greater leadership challenge than parenting.

Always be eager to learn, no matter how successful you might already be. In the Millionaires' Club, we sometimes invite a billionaire to come talk to us. He says, 'You're doing okay, but come on. How about if you really poured it on!'

The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, "If you will take care of me, I will take care of you. "Now I say, I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me.

The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'

Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.

There is plenty of time to argue with new ideas later. They key is to take careful notes first and debate second.

By our attitude, we decide to read, or not to read. By our attitude, we decide to try or give up. By our attitude, we blame ourselves for our failure, or we blame others. Our attitude determines whether we tell the truth or lie, act or procrastinate, advance or recede, and by our own attitude we and we alone actually decide whether to succeed or fail.

Live a vital life. If you live well, you will earn well. If you live well, it will show in your face; it will show in the texture of your voice. There will be something unique and magical about you if you live well. It will infuse not only your personal life but also your business life. And it will give you a vitality nothing else can give.

We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.

We are all affected by five things. But the most important thing that affects us is our dreams--our ability to see the future. But here's why we don't reach into the future. We're trapped either by regret of the past or the routine of the present. So make sure that the greatest pull on you is the pull of the future.

Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.

All disciplines affect each other. Mistakenly the man says, `This is the only area where I let down.` Not true. Every let down affects the rest. Not to think so is naive.

Don't operate on the heart with a hatchet.

If you step up the self-education curve, you will come up with more answers than you can use.

You can change all things for the better when you change yourself for the better.

Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it.

If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret.

There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation

I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change

Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs

Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association.

Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.

Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you

Most people are just trying to get through the day. Sophisticated people learn how to get from the day.

A life worth living is a life worth recording.

If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you

If you were to show me your current financial plan, would I get so excited by it that I would go across the country and lecture on it? If the answer is no, then here's my question: ‘Why not?’ Why wouldn't you have a superior financial plan that is taking you to the places you want to go?

We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need

Vocabulary enables us to interpret and to express. If you have a limited vocabulary, you will also have a limited vision and a limited future.

Resolve says, 'I will.' The man says, 'I will climb this mountain. They told me it is too high, too far, too steep, too rocky, and too difficult. But it's my mountain. I will climb it. You will soon see me waving from the top or dead on the side from trying.'

Learn to get from the day. Not just get through it, get from it. Soak it up. Each day is a piece of the mosaic of your life.

Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it.

To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract.

For things to change, you have to change.

If you make a sale, you can make a living. If you make an investment of time and good service in a customer, you can make a fortune.

We all know a variety of ways to make a living. What's even more fascinating is figuring out ways to make a fortune.

Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to change. Care enough to win.

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.

The worst days of those who enjoy what they do are better than the best days of those who don't.

Sharpen your interest in two major subjects: life and people. You will only gather information from a source if you are interested in it.

Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?

One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “If it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for your life and your career.

What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know

Life and business is like the changing seasons. You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself. Therein lies the opportunity to live an extraordinary life, the opportunity to change yourself.

The smallest of disciplines, practiced every day, start an incredible process that can change our lives forever.

We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles

Keep the weeds of negative influence from your life. 'Farm' the seeds of constructive influence.

Attitude determines choice, and choice determines results. All that we are, and all that we can become has indeed been left unto us.