Chances are, you鈥檝e heard, seen, or even used a Jim Rohn quote -- whether you knew it or not. Rohn was an entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. His early years were spent in direct sales. In 1963, Rohn discovered he had a talent for public speaking. He went on to present personal development seminars worldwide for more than 40 years, until his death in 2009.
Life coach Tony Robbins, sales expert and author Brian Tracy, and 鈥淐hicken Soup鈥 series creator Jack Canfield count Rohn as a mentor. And his legacy of hard work and extraordinary living remains an active influence on dreamers and doers everywhere thanks to his many motivational quotes. Here are few of my favorites.Oh, and if you鈥檇 rather get your daily dose of quotes from fearless female leaders, click here.
1. 鈥淒on鈥檛 wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don鈥檛 wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don鈥檛 wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.鈥
2. 鈥淚f you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.鈥
3. 鈥淪tart from wherever you are and with whatever you鈥檝e got.鈥
4. 鈥淔ormal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.鈥
5. 鈥淪uccess is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.鈥
6. 鈥淓ither you run the day or the day runs you.鈥
7. 鈥淲e 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.鈥
8. 鈥淢otivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.鈥
9. 鈥淚f you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.鈥
10. 鈥淭o 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?鈥
11. 鈥淚f you really want to do something, you鈥檒l find a way. If you don鈥檛, you鈥檒l find an excuse.鈥
12. 鈥淚f 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.鈥
13. 鈥淢otivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.鈥
14. 鈥淚t isn鈥檛 what the book costs; it鈥檚 what it will cost you if you don鈥檛 read it.鈥
15. 鈥淵ou 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.鈥
16. 鈥淪uccess is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.鈥
17. 鈥淔ailure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don鈥檛 fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.鈥
18. 鈥淲ork harder on yourself than you do on your job.鈥
19. 鈥淵ou cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.鈥
20. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.鈥
21. 鈥淒on鈥檛 just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.鈥
22. 鈥淟et 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鈥檚 hands, but not you.鈥
23. 鈥淲e must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.鈥
24. 鈥淲ithout a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.鈥
25. 鈥淟ife 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鈥搕he opportunity to change yourself.鈥
26. 鈥淒iscipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment鈥
27. 鈥淭ake 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.鈥
28. 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 like how things are, change it! You鈥檙e not a tree.鈥
29. 鈥淒ays are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.鈥
30. 鈥淕ive whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.鈥
31. 鈥淟earn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.鈥
32. 鈥淵ou cannot make progress without making decisions.鈥
33. 鈥淒on鈥檛 say, 鈥業f I could, I would.鈥 Say, 鈥業f I can, I will.鈥欌
34. 鈥淣o one else 鈥榤akes us angry.鈥 We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude.鈥
35. 鈥淵our personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.鈥
36. 鈥淭he big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.鈥
37. 鈥淭he challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.鈥
38. 鈥淭he more you care, the stronger you can be.鈥
39. 鈥淐haracter is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can鈥檛 change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing.鈥
40. 鈥淗ow long should you try? Until.鈥
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