Inspirational and Motivational Quotes by Jim Rohn

I have many audio books by Jim Rohn and I enjoy listening to them again and again. He is a great storyteller and gives tremendous good advice. Here are some inspiring and motivating quotes by the man himself. Enjoy!

Asking
“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.”

Books/Reading
“The book you don’t read won’t help.”
“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”

Career
“My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future.”

Change/Choice/Decision
“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.”

Character
“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.”

Communication
“Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. ”
“Take 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.”

Concentration
“The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.”

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

Emotions
“Emotions will either serve or master, depending on who is in charge.”

Empathy/Caring
“One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.”

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

Goals
“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.”

Happiness
“How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness.”

Influence
“You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?”

Journals
“The reason why I spend so much money for my journals is to press me to find something valuable to put in them.”

Leadership
“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.”

Lifestyle
“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.”

Marketplace
“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.”

Personal Development
“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 challenges; wish for more wisdom.”
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.”

Personal Responsibility
“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.”

Planning
“I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”

Problem Solving
“To solve any problem, there are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, whom could I ask?”

Reputation
“The Bible gives us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. One list of human stories is used as examples – do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings – don’t do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning.”

Success
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.”
“Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”

Disclaimer: These quotes are by Jim Rohn, America’s Foremost Business Philosopher. To subscribe to the Free Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine, go to www.jimrohn.com or send a blank email to subscribe@jimrohn.com. Most of these quotes come from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn. Copyright 1994-2005 Jim Rohn International. All rights reserved worldwide.

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