80 Jim Rohn Quotes to inspire you achieve success

Emanuel James Rohn, professionally known as Jim Rohn, was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. He was one of the youngest self-made millionaire (before he turned 31). The author of dozens of books, Rohn was also a big believer in the power of self-discipline to achieve one’s ambitions at home and in business. Looking for the best Jim Rohn Quotes and sayings? Here are best Jim Rohn Quotes on success, goals, habits, discipline, and personal development.

Jim Rohn Quotes

1. “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn

2. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn

3. “You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” –  Jim Rohn

4. “Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.” – Jim Rohn

5. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn

6. “Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.” –  Jim Rohn

7. “Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn

8. “If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.” –  Jim Rohn
9. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” –Jim Rohn
10. “Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.” – Jim Rohn

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11. “Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.” – Jim Rohn
12. “No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude.” – Jim Rohn
13. “One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of your attention.” – Jim Rohn
14. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn
15. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
16. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn
17. “Don’t wish it was easier wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems wish for more skills. And, don’t wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom.” – Jim Rohn
18. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn
19. “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” – Jim Rohn
20. “The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.” –  Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn Quotes

21. “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.” – Jim Rohn
22. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
23. “Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.” – Jim Rohn
24. “The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.” – Jim Rohn
25. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” – Jim Rohn
26. “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”-  Jim Rohn
27. “The only way it gets better for you is when you get better. Better is not something you wish, it’s something you become.”-  Jim Rohn
28. “Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.”-  Jim Rohn
29. “When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”-  Jim Rohn
30. “All leaders are readers.”-  Jim Rohn

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31. “The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.-  Jim Rohn
32. “I used to blame everything outside of me for my lack of progress until I found that my problem was inside.” –  Jim Rohn
33. “What you become is far more important than what you get.”-  Jim Rohn
34. “Don’t say, ‘If I could, I would.’ Say, ‘If I can, I will.’” –  Jim Rohn
35. “Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.” –  Jim Rohn
36. “To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?” –  Jim Rohn
37. “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.” –  Jim Rohn
38. “It isn’t what the book costs; it’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.” –  Jim Rohn
39. “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.” –  Jim Rohn
40. “You cannot make progress without making decisions.” – Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn Motivational Quotes

41. “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” –  Jim Rohn
42. “Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.” –  Jim Rohn
43. “Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.” –  Jim Rohn
44. “The more you care, the stronger you can be.” –  Jim Rohn
45. “How long should you try? Until.” –  Jim Rohn
46. “Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.” –  Jim Rohn
47. “Income seldom exceeds personal development.” –  Jim Rohn
48. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.” –  Jim Rohn
49. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” –  Jim Rohn
50. “Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” –  Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn Success Quotes

51. “Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” – Jim Rohn
52. “If you don’t sow, you don’t reap. You don’t even have a chance.” – Jim Rohn
53. “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” – Jim Rohn
54. “Life and business is like the changing seasons. You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself. Therein lies the opportunity to live an extraordinary life–the opportunity to change yourself.” – Jim Rohn
55. “Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.”  – Jim Rohn
56. “Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.” – Jim Rohn
57. “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.” – Jim Rohn
58. “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
59. “I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me.” – Jim Rohn
60. “Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.” – Jim Rohn

Inspiring Quotes From Jim Rohn

61. “One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental ‘I should’ list.” – Jim Rohn
62. “Some people have so given up on life; they’ve joined the ‘Thank God It’s Friday Club.’ How sad.” – Jim Rohn
63. “Every day, stand guard at the door of your mind.” – Jim Rohn
64. “Many people work harder on their job than they do their future.” – Jim Rohn
65. “I used to say, ‘I sure hope things will change.’ Then, I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.” – Jim Rohn
66. “Spend five minutes complaining and you’ve wasted five.” – Jim Rohn
67. “Some people lead such mediocre lives; they don’t know if they are winning or losing.” – Jim Rohn
68. “Some people don’t do well because they major in the minor things.” – Jim Rohn
69. “The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.” – Jim Rohn
70.  “We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.” – Jim Rohn
71. “Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.” – Jim Rohn
72. “Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experiences and invest them in the future.” – Jim Rohn
73. “Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it.” – Jim Rohn
74. “We all have two choices: We can make a living or we can design a life.” – Jim Rohn
75. “We must learn to apply all that we know so that we can attract all that we want.” – Jim Rohn
76. “Don’t borrow someone else’s plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.” – Jim Rohn
77. “Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.” – Jim Rohn
78. “A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.” – Jim Rohn
79. “Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.” – Jim Rohn
80. “Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values.” – Jim Rohn