Quotes from Jim Rohn

We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.

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.

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

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

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

For every promise, there is price to pay.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

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

Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.

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

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.