Jim Rohn Quotes

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition.

Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true.

It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.

Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.

To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.

It is an important part of our life’s experience to develop the strength, courage, and integrity to hold fast to truth and righteousness despite the buffeting we may experience.

One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune.

Heroism is a matter of integrity--beco ming more and more at each step ourselves.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.

People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.

...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.

A private victory leads to a public victory and a corporate blessing, because God turns His face toward those who will demonstrate character when no one is looking.