"The bigger the 'why' the easier the 'how'."
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 31 of 40)
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"Motivation is a mystery.Why does one salesperson see his first prospect at seven in the morning and another salesperson is just getting out of bed at eleven?I don't know.It's part of the mysteries of life."
"It is our philosophical set of the sail that determines the course of our lives. To change our current Direction, we have to change our philosophy, not our circumstances."
"Don't ask for security, ask for adventure"
"Without a future well designed we take hesitant steps."
"Good people are found, not changed."
"Dreams are a projection of the kind of life you want to lead. Dreams can drive you. Dreams can make you skip over obstacles. When you allow your dreams to pull you, they unleash a creative force that can overpower any obstacle in your path."
"For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be."
"Don't leave a 'good time' to chance. Experiences have to be woven with care and planning, like a tapestry."
"Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. It is activity that converts human dreams into human reality, and that conversion from idea into actuality gives us a personal value that can come from no other source."
"What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life"
"Don't be anybody's follower, be a student."
"If you're going to affirm something, affirm the truth. Then go do something about it."
"Make measurable progress in reasonable time."
"Life is accumulative - Either our errors accumulate to what we don't get, or our wise decisions accumulate into what we do get."
"Make sure what you do is a product of your own conclusion."
"My suggestion would be to walk away from the 90% who don't and join the 10% who do."
"Don't just get through the day, get FROM the day"
"We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's hard to think of everything."
"Enterprise is first creativity. You need creativity to see what's out there and shape it to your advantage. You need creativity to look at the world a little differently. You need creativity to take a different approach, to be different."