Emanuel James "Jim" Rohn (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009) was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.
Success Recipe: 2 cups faith, 2 cups love, 1 cup hard work, 1 cup persistence, 1 tbsp vision and a dash of swagger.
Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.
Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness.
There is plenty of time to argue with new ideas later. They key is to take careful notes first and debate second.
For things to change, you have to change. For things to be different, you have to be different. Before financial success can occur personal growth must occur.
It can be dangerous to weaken the strong in our attempts to strengthen the weak.
If you're serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don't trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down.
Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.
The good life is not an amount; it's an attitude, an act, an idea, a discovery, a search.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
How many languages can a child learn? As many as you will take the time to teach them.
You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.
We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear.
The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'
Don't operate on the heart with a hatchet.
Finding is reserved for those who reach.
Kids don't lack capacity, only teachers.
Life is accumulative - Either our errors accumulate to what we don't get, or our wise decisions accumulate into what we do get.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence.