Jim Rohn Quotes

“Books are what you step on to take you to a higher shelf. Want to reach higher? Stack some more books under your feet! Reading opens new doors. It helps us understand mysteries. It lets us hear from successful people. Everything you need for a better future and success has already been written.”

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

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”

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

“Don't let somebody order your life.”

“Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.”

“Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”

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

“Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life.And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can.”

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”

“Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.”

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

“For every disciplined effort, there is a multiple reward.”

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

“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.”

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

“How long should you try? Until.”

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

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“If you don't like how things are, change it. You are not a tree.”

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planed for you? Not much.”

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

“If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.”

“Indecision is the thief of opportunity.”

“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.”

“It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.”

“It's important to learn from your mistakes, but it is better to learn from other people's mistakes, and it is best to learn from other people's successes. It accelerates your own success.”

“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”

“Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself you’ll make a fortune.”

“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”