Motivational Jim Rohn Quotes About Change, Money & Success

Jim Rohn was an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author. In the 1950s after working for a few companies, Jim Rohn was invited to a meeting of his Rotary Club to speak about his story and teach his personal development philosophy. In 1963 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, he gave his first public seminar. For more than 40 years he presented seminars worldwide. Rohn has mentored Mark R. Hughes (the founder of Herbalife International) and life coach Tony Robbins in the late 1970s. Others who credit Rohn for his influence on their careers include authors Mark Victor Hansen(Everton Edwards) founder of Hallmark innovators Conglomerate company limited and Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup book series), author/lecturer Brian Tracy, Todd Smith, and T. Harv Eker. Jim Rohn was the recipient of the 1985 National Speakers Association CPAE Award for excellence in speaking. He is also the author of 17 different written, video media and audio. Enjoy these best inspirational Jim Rohn quotes of all time.

Top Jim Rohn Quotes

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
“Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.”
“If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.”
“I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.”
“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”
“Don’t mistake movement for achievement. It’s easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?”
“Let others lead small lives, but not you.. Let others argue over small things, but not you… Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.”
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.”
“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.”
“The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.”
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” , Jim Rohn quotes about life
“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.”
“Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.”
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
“Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
“Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.” , Jim Rohn quotes leadership
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”
“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes, it’s what we do with them that’s important.”
“We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,… but we get paid for the value, not the time.”
“Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.”
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”
“It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.”
“There are two types of pain you will go through in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tones.”
“Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.”
“Successful people have libraries. The rest have big-screen TVs.”
“Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”
“Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills.”
“The difference between where you are today and where you’ll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you’ve read.”
“If you don’t like how things are, change it. You are not a tree.” , Jim Rohn quotes you are not a tree
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”
“The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.” , Jim Rohn quotes on goals
“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.”

“The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.”
“Don’t wish easier, wish you were better. When you become better it will naturally become easier.”
“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”
“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”
“We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.”
“You cannot change your destination overnight. You can change your direction.”
“Don’t wish it was easier wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom.”
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.”
“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”
“Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.”
“How long should you try? Until.”
“For every promise, there is a price to pay… If the promise is clear, the price is easy.”
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
“For things to change, you have to change.”
“Success Recipe: 2 cups faith, 2 cups love, 1 cup hard work, 1 cup persistence, 1 tbsp vision and a dash of swagger.” , Jim Rohn quotes about love
“The book you don’t read can’t help.”
“What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know.”
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
“You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.”
“Finding is reserved for those that search.”
“You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.”
“Indecision is the thief of opportunity.”
“When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”

“Whatever good things we build end up building us.”
“The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn’t matter.” , Jim Rohn quotes about reading
“You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills..” , Jim Rohn quotes about dreams
“Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.”
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.”
“The more you know, the less you need to say.”
“Self-education will make you a fortune.” , the best Jim Rohn quotes
“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”

More Jim Rohn Quotes
“How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness.” , Jim Rohn quotes happiness

“Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.”
“Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.”
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”
“Success is something you attract by the person you become.”
“One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.”
“Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.”
“Wages are good,…Profits are better.”
“The bigger the ‘why’ the easier the ‘how’.”
“Don’t read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.”
“Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” , Jim Rohn quotes about time
“You want to set a goal that is big enough that in the process of achieving it you become someone worth becoming.”
“To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?”
“Finding is reserved for those who reach.”
“Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.”
“The things that change your life are: the people you meet, the classes you take, and the books you read.”
“Work on yourself more than you do on your job.” , Jim Rohn quotes about work
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”
“For what it will make of you to achieve it.”
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces–regret weighs tons.” , Jim Rohn quotes on discipline
“People would do better if they knew better.”
“Life expects us to make a reasonable amount of progress in a reasonable amount of time. That’s why they make those second-grade chairs so small.”
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”
“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.”
“We don’t get what we need. We get what we search for.”