Jim Rohn

The major value of reaching goals is not to acquire it, but it's the person you become while you're working to acquire it.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you

Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?

Lack of homework shows up in the marketplace as well as in the classroom.

Your life does not get better by chance it gets better by change.

Work on yourself more than you do on your job.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better.

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.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.

Effective communication is 20 what you know and 80 how you feel about what you know.

Become a millionaire not for the million dollars, but for what it will make of you to achieve it.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Excuses are the nails used to build the house of failure.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Dont wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

One person caring about another represents lifes greatest value.

There are two parts to influence: First, influence is powerful; and second, influence is subtle. You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it.

It is the set of the sails not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Dont wish it was easier wish you were better. Dont wish for less problems wish for more skills. Dont wish for less challenges wish for more wisdom.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Goals are like a magnet - they pull. And the stronger they are, the more purposeful they are, the bigger they are, the more unique they are, the stronger they pull.

The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Dont wish it was easier wish you were better. Dont wish for less problems wish for more skills. Dont wish for less challenges wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

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?

Success is something you attract by the person you become.

It doesnt matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Accuracy builds credibility.

For every promise there is price to pay.

Either run the day or the day runs you.

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances the seasons or the wind but you can change yourself.

Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the experts suggest.

The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. If you want to reach your goals and fulfill your potential, become intentional about your personal growth. It will change your life.

Network marketing is the big wave of the future. It's taking the place of franchising, which now requires too much capital for the average person.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

Let 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 elses hands,but not you. not you.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

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.

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.

Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

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.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness great wealth great return great satisfaction great reputation and great joy.

Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

Income seldom exceeds personal development.

Enterprise is better than ease.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

For effective communication use brevity. Jesus said Follow me. Now thats brief He could be brief because of all that he was that he didnt have to say.

Achievers have a can-do attitude that sets them apart from mere dreamers. Achievers are sold out to success-no matter the obstacles-and they are willing to put forth the effort and pay the price of success.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

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.

To have more than you've got, become more than you are.

We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.

You've got to believe in the possibilities. You've got to believe that tomorrow can be better than today. And here's the big one. Believe in yourself.

The worst kind of arrogance is arrogance from ignorance.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time effort and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

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.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

We get paid for bringing value to the market place.

Don’t spend most of your time on the voices that don’t count. Tune out the shallow voices so that you will have more time to tune in the valuable ones.

Pay attention to your body. Is this the only place where they should live.

Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food.

If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.

When someone becomes a millionaire, the least important thing is what they have. The most important thing is what they have become.

Dont take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.

Your life does not get better by chance; it gets better by change.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

How long should you try? Until.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth,great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

When you change everything will change for you.When you get better everything will get better for you.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Take care of your body. Its the only place you have to live.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.