76 Jim Rohn Quotes to Motivate You (EMPOWERED)

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The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor but without folly.”
Jim Rohn

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

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

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

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want. — **Learn** how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

It isn’t what the book costs; it’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.

Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.

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.

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Character 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’t change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing.”
Jim Rohn

The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you take full responsibility for your life. — The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you **take full responsibility** for your life.

What's simple to do is also simple not to do. — What’s simple to do is also simple not to do.

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

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

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

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity. — Life is not just the passing of **time**. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. — If you don’t like how things are, **change** it! You’re not a tree.

You have two choices - You can make a living, or you can design a life. — You have two choices – You can make a living, or you can design a life.

Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values.

The 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.”
Jim Rohn

Don’t say, ‘If I could, I would.’ Say, ‘If I can, I will.’

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

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles. — Discipline has within it the potential for creating **future** **miracles**.

Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.

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

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.”
Jim Rohn

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

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

Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.

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

No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. — No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our **attitude**.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.

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

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.

You cannot make progress without making decisions.

When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.

Every day, stand guard at the door of your mind.

One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of your attention.

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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

Don’t shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your own better future. — Don’t shortchange yourself when it comes to **investing** in your own better **future**.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action. — Don’t let your **learning** lead to **knowledge**. Let your learning lead to **action**.

The only way it gets better for you is when you get better. Better is not something you wish, it’s something you become.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

I used to blame everything outside of me for my lack of progress until I found that my problem was inside.

Start reading, and especially read the kinds of books that will help you unleash your inner potential. — Start reading, and especially read the kinds of **books that will help you unleash your inner potential**.

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

Success is not to be pursued, it is to be attracted by the person you become.

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

What you become is far more important than what you get.

If you will be faithful to a few things, you will someday become the ruler over many things.

Take interest and even delight in doing the small things well.

If you don’t sow, you don’t reap. You don’t even have a chance.

Living life in style also means living a life of balance.

Poor people spend their money and save what’s left, rich people save their money and spend what’s left.

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

Few key things that make a difference, once identified, spend major time on these things.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.

Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you got.

The major key to your better future is you. — The major key to your better **future** is you.

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

You must be careful not to let your current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast. — You must be careful not to let your current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a **future** feast.

For every disciplined effort, there is a multiple reward.

We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that is casually pursued is not a goal, at best it is a wish, and wishes are little more than self-delusion.”
Jim Rohn

Finding is reserved for those who search.

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.

The stronger the why, the easier the how becomes.

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 else’s hands, but not you.”
Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn Short Biography

Born on 17 September 1930, Emanuel James Rohn or known professionally as Jim Rohn, was a well known American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker.

The self-help legend passed away in December 2009 and had left us with incredible wisdom and life lessons.

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