Jim Rohn Quotes

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.

If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.

We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future

In a business, you've got to move on.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.

Creatively, I try to always look forward and look at the next thing I want to do.

I must analyze, from what I do now, what will be the impact two or three or five years in the future. What is the statement I want to make?

Defending yesterday … is far more risky than making tomorrow.

We have to look for opportunities if we're going to survive the next 50 years. We can't depend on what we have now.

I live in the present with an eye on the future.

I think people know that I've got things in my mind that I want to do and things I wanted to change in time. I can't do it all overnight.

We've got to be innovative. We've got to think about what's coming next.

Tomorrow always arrives. It is always different. And even the mightiest company is in trouble if it has not worked on the future. Being surprised by what happens is a risk that even the largest and richest company cannot afford, and even the smallest business need not run.

The question for us is not what new story will come out next. The question is, what are we going to do about it?

The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future.

We are on the right track to the 21st century. We are on the right track, but our work is not finished. What should we do? First, let us consider how to proceed. I say the question is no longer, "Who's to blame?" but "What to do?"

Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.