Jim Rohn Quotes

Everything starts with the inner being, your inner self - it all comes from you and we so often forget that. We think, "He made me angry." He didn't make you angry; you made yourself angry. Don't allow him to get to your inner space.

Know that no one is capable of making you upset without your consent.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

We can't determine our emotions, but we can choose our attitudes and actions.

I control my anger.

Yogis have human emotions, but the thing is not to let anger and doubt become an obsession.

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings and fits of emotion begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible; we can say yes or we can say no. It is profoundly liberating.

We are in charge of our attitudes.

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now.

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.

I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.

You're the only one that's in control of your emotions; you're the only one that's inside of you at all times. So control you however you want to. If you're not happy, that's your fault.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

As a kid I lost my temper quite easily and tended to look away from the game itself. Now I know how to manage that and get the best out of myself.

Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.

I can't let my frustration get the best of me.