Quotes from Jim Rohn

I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change

The future does not get better by hope, it gets better by plan. And to plan for the future we need goals.

Imagination is the beginning of reality.

Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources.

It's not dependency that creates your future. It's independence that creates your better future.

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

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.

Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

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

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

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

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.

If you make a sale, you can make a living. If you make an investment of time and good service in a customer, you can make a fortune.

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

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.

The best place to solve a problem is on paper.

Good service leads to multiple sales. If you take good care of your customers, they will open doors you could never open by yourself.

When somebody shares, everybody wins.

Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut.

We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are.

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.

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

It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.