Emanuel James "Jim" Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development industry.
Rohn was the recipient of the 1985 National Speakers Association CPAE Award for excellence in speaking.
“You want to set a goal that is big enough that in the process of achieving it you become someone worth becoming.”
“There are some things you don’t have to know how it works – only that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are picking the fruit. It just depends on which end of this you want to get in on." -- Jim Rohn”
“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes, it’s what we do with them that’s important”
“Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”
“It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.”
“When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”
“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?”
“Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.”
“Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries.”
“The more you know, the less you need to say.”
“Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.”
“당신 자신을 향상시키면 모든 것을 향상시킬 수 있다.”
“Books are what you step on to take you to a higher shelf. The higher your stack of books, the higher the shelf you can reach. Want to reach higher? Stack some more books under your feet! Reading is what brings us to new knowledge. It opens new doors. It helps us understand mysteries. It lets us hear from successful people. Reading is what takes us down the road in our journey. Everything you need for a better future and success has already been written.”
“The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, "If you will take care of me, I will take care of you. "Now I say, I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me.”
“Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.”
“You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills”
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
“You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.”
“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.”
“Life expects us to make a reasonable amount of progress in a reasonable amount of time. That's why they make those second grade chairs so small.”
“The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter”
“Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.”
“Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can.”
“Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom”
“Success Recipe: 2 cups faith, 2 cups love, 1 cup hard work, 1 cup persistence, 1 tbsp vision and a dash of swagger.”
“Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”
“Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.”
“I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, "Twenty-Six dollars for a blank book! Why would you pay that?" The reason I pay twenty-six dollars is to challenge myself to find something worth twenty-six dollars to put in there. All my journals are private, but if you ever got hold of one of them, you wouldn't have to look very far to discover it is worth more than twenty-six dollars”
“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.”
“For things to change, you have to change.”
“For what it will make of you to achieve it.”
“Finding is reserved for those who reach.”
“Finfing is reserved for those who reach.”
“Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs”
“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”
“Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.”
“Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”
“The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them”
“Finding is reserved for those that search.”
“Either you run the day or the day runs you..”
“We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.”
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Discipline weights ounces--regret weighs tons.”
“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it.”
“Work on yourself more than you do on your job”
“The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.”
“You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”
“Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.”
“Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.”
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way.”