Emanuel James "Jim" Rohn (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009) was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Sharpen your interest in two major subjects: life and people. You will only gather information from a source if you are interested in it.
The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.
How about this miracle. . . God says if you plant the seed I will make the tree. Wow, you can't have a better arrangement than that. First, it gives God the tough end of the deal. What if you had to make a tree? That would keep you up late at night trying to figure out how to make a tree. God says, "No, leave the miracle part to me. I've got the seed, the soil, the sunshine, the rain and the seasons. I'm God and all this miracles stuff is easy for me. I have reserved something very special for you and that is to plant the seed.
You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity.
The big question is, are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?
It is not the hours of practice that matter. . . it's what you put into the hours that counts.
Motivation is a mystery. Why does one salesperson see his first prospect at seven in the morning and another salesperson is just getting out of bed at eleven?I don't know. It's part of the mysteries of life.
Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a 'must' and 'want'.
The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
Don't ask for the task to be easy. . . just ask for it to be worth it Don't wish it was easier. . . wish you were better Don't ask for less challenge. . . ask for more skill Don't ask for less problems. . . and for more wisdom It's the challenge that makes the experience. Life and it's colour and meaning and adventure for you is this collection of experiences. To wish them away is to wish your life away.
Direction determines destination.
What you become directly influences what you get.
If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.
When confronted with iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, We might as well let him have his dream. He's said he's going to get there or die trying.
Tyranny knows no restraint of appetite.
Don't sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself.
Most people are just trying to get through the day. Sophisticated people learn how to get from the day.
The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.
The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.