"If you want to live a top shelf life then you need to stand on the books you have read. Never stop learning, never stop growing."
Jim Rohn
Author, Motivational Speaker
Jim Rohn was a renowned entrepreneur and motivational speaker known for his insights on personal development and success strategies.
- Born
- September 17, 1930
- Died
- December 5, 2009
- Quotes
- 796
- Rank
- #318
Quote collection
Jim Rohn quotes (page 20 of 40)
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"Language designed to impress builds a gulf. Language to express builds a bridge."
"You can't hire someone else to do your push-ups for you."
"Women have an incredible ability to pick up on emotional signals. For example, there are some wolves that are so clever they have learned to dress up like sheep. Man says, "Looks like a sheep. Talks like a sheep." Woman says, "Ain't no sheep!""
"Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master."
"Always do more than what you get paid for. It makes you a valuable person."
"If you will change everything will change for you. Don’t wait for things to change. Change doesn’t start out there, change starts within....All change starts with you."
"You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself."
"If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want."
"The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples - do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings - don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning."
"Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy."
"Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said."
"When the record book on you is finished, let it show your wins and losses. But don't let it show you didn't try."
"Don't look for things to be easier, look for you to be better"
"Here's what is exciting about sharing ideas with others: If you share a new idea with ten people, they get to hear it once and you get to hear it ten times."
"In America we have the greatest chance for opportunity than anyone else in the past six and a half thousand years. Never in recorded history have so many different gifts from all over the world been deposited in one country."
"Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to change. Care enough to win."
"The most important question to ask is "What am I becoming?""
"What you don't know will hurt you."
"Success is not something you pursue. What you pursue will elude you; it can be like trying to chase butterflies. Success is something you attract by the person you become."