Jim Rohn
71 quotes
Biography
"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."
"Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."
"Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals."
"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."
"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."
"If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."
"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."
"Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom"
"Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs"
"When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it."
"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
"The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them"
"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals."
"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."
"The more you care, the stronger you can be."
"Whatever good things we build end up building us."
"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."
"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."
"Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming."
"You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight."
"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."
"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know."
"Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day."
"Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day."
"Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent."