"Getting and becoming are siamese twins. If you want more than you have, you have to become more than you are."
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 38 of 40)
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"Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders."
"What you have at the moment you have attracted by the person you have become."
"There are no new fundamentals. You've got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, "I've got a new fundamental." That's like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques."
"Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the "experts" suggest."
"Someone is going to develop a plan that will take them into the future of their dreams. Let it be you."
"You may not be able to do all you find out, but make sure you find out all you can do."
"Making the most of your life is unusual. That's why you need to develop unusual habits to earn outstanding rewards."
"Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there" "Values are meant to be costly. If it doesn't cost much, we probably wouldn't appreciate the value"
"For things to change for you, you've got to change!"
"The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself."
"Each person entering our world brings either a contribution or destruction."
"We must remind ourselves that to do what is possible we must sometimes challenge ourselves with the impossible."
"There is an ancient script that says, 'He that wishes to be ignorant, let him be ignorant.' But I took off the last word and it now reads for me like this: He that wishes to be ignorant, let him be!"
"The wind blows on us all, but it's how you set your ssail that makes the difference."
"Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties. Seek out the mentors that you need that will lead you to greatness in your field. If you're not willing to learn from others, who are you willing to learn from?"
"Remind yourself that you're bound to get better. Don't get down on yourself. Don't beat yourself up. It's the next opportunity that matters, not the last one."
"The only constant factor in life is our feelings and attitudes toward life. One of the few things that we have total control over is our own attitude."
"Human beings are the only creatures who have the ability to write down their goals and design their future. And here is why most of us don't. We're trapped either by regret of the past or the routine of the present."
"Words in the mind are like colors on the palette of the artist. The more colors we have access to, the easier it is to create a captivating picture on the canvas, and the more practice we give to using those many colors appropriately and uniquely, the more likely we will be to create a masterpiece of self expression."