Jim Rohn Quotes

It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.

Every decision you make in life, not just on the sporting field - a lot of time and energy goes into it. You think things through before you make decisions and you always think the decision you make at the time is going to be the right one.

If any successes has come to me, it came because I insisted on thinking things through. That's all I was capable of doing in life, was thinking pretty hard about trying to get the right answer, and then acting on it. I never learned to do anything else.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

Talk about rationality can get very confusing unless the things with which rationality deals are also included.

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things is invaluable in making choices and setting priorities.

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

I don't analyze things like titles.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.

Focusing on the right question is very different from having the right answers.

Logic can become enormously difficult, and it would undoubtedly be well to produce more assurance in its use.

What I knew was I liked math and science, and I never wanted to memorize everything. I wanted to understand where it came from.

My favorite question is 'Why?' I think it can be really helpful - I also think it can be annoying to people at times; I'll admit that. But I really do try to understand why are we approaching it this way, does it makes sense, is this the right answer, why is it the right answer, are there other paths to getting there, could those be better.

What we showed you was you can have analytic reasoning that can be passionate.

It's really important when we're writing our opinions to be transparent about what our decision method in the case is and how we get from Point A to B to C in the analysis.

I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.” “Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.

Many of her thoughts were perfect syllogisms; unluckily they always remained thoughts. Only a few were irrational assumptions; but, unfortunately, they were the ones which most frequently grew into deeds