Jim Rohn

Opportunity follows difficulty.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a tree.

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

Count the cost first. Don't pay too big a price for pursuing minor values.

My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'

Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.

Change and everything will change for you.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

You can cut down a tree with a hammer, but it takes about 30 days. If you trade the hammer for an ax, you can cut it down in about 30 minutes. The difference between 30 days and 30 minutes is skills.

Learn from the negative as well as the positive, from the failures as well as the successes.

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

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

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.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

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?

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

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.

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

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.

You cannot make progress without making decisions.

The more you know the less you need to say.

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

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

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.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

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

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

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

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.

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

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.

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

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

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

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

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

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.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

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

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.

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

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

Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.

Go for the pain of discipline because it weighs ounces. The pain of regret weighs tons.

Learn how to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

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

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

One definition of failure is making a few errors in judgement repeated every day.

It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

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

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

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.