Jim Rohn Quotes

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Decisiveness is the best way to get things done.

There are two kinds of people: Those who do the work and those who take the credit … Be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!

The secret to success can be found in people's daily agendas. If they do something intentional to grow every day, they move closer to reaching their potential. If they don't, their potential slowly slips away over the course of their lifetime.

To some degree, you control your life by controlling your time.

There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.

I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

The main thing I wanted was to manage.

It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it.

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

If everyone is motivated, we will succeed. If people are aware of their responsibilities, we will succeed. If people are committed, we will succeed. Don’t wait for things to happen. Make things happen! It is OK to take risks, Sometimes you will make mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, and you will succeed.

Your goals should be to have the system work for you instead of your working for the system! Be the hammer - not the nail!

There are a lot of things in business that are completely out of your control, but hard work isn't one of them.

Go to work every day, be the first one in and the last one to leave, and you'll know that you've done everything in your power to make your life better.

You don't get to where you are by just sitting on your butt and expecting it to come.