Top 500 Jim Rohn Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “If someone hands you a million dollars, best you become a millionaire, or you won’t get to keep the money.”

— Jim Rohn

402. “When the record book on you is finished, let it show your wins and losses. But don’t let it show you didn’t try.”

— Jim Rohn

403. “Here’s one problem with drifting: you can’t drift your way to the top of the mountain.”

— Jim Rohn

404. “Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune.”

— Jim Rohn

405. “To get to where you want to be in the next 5 years, you are either reading the right books or you’re not.”

— Jim Rohn

406. “The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone’s problem, be aware that most people aren’t going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.”

— Jim Rohn

407. “If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.”

— Jim Rohn

408. “As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go.”

— Jim Rohn

409. “Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease.”

— Jim Rohn

410. “Simply making consistent investments in our self-education and knowledge banks pays major dividends throughout our lives.”

— Jim Rohn

411. “The least lack of discipline starts to erode our self-esteem.”

— Jim Rohn

412. “All disciplines affect each other. Mistakenly the man says, ‘This is the only area where I let down.’ Not true. Every let down affects the rest. Not to think so is naive.”

— Jim Rohn

413. “Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.”

— Jim Rohn

414. “Getting and becoming are siamese twins. If you want more than you have, you have to become more than you are.”

— Jim Rohn

415. “Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘Since I will be no one’s slave, I will be no one’s master.’”

— Jim Rohn

416. “If there is one thing to get excited about, it’s your ability to turn the negative into success.”

— Jim Rohn

417. “We need a variety of input and influence and voices. You cannot get all the answers to life and business from one person or from one source.”

— Jim Rohn

418. “The reason most people don’t accomplish much is because they don’t want much.”

— Jim Rohn

419. “Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.”

— Jim Rohn

420. “The Bible says that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. It doesn’t say that it is impossible!”

— Jim Rohn

421. “We’ve all heard the expression, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away.’ Well, I’ve got a good question for you: What if it’s true? Wouldn’t that be easy to do-to eat an apple a day? Here’s the problem: It’s also easy not to do.”

— Jim Rohn

422. “Don’t sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself.”

— Jim Rohn

423. “Count the cost first. Don’t pay too big a price for pursuing minor values.”

— Jim Rohn

424. “It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation.”

— Jim Rohn

425. “If I could just get to Poland everything would be okay.”

— Jim Rohn

426. “Life is a unique combination of “want to” and “how to” and we need to give equal attention to both.”

— Jim Rohn

427. “Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t born with and must take responsibility for forming.”

— Jim Rohn

428. “Life operates by deserve. So, in leading people, learn to work with the people who deserve it, not the people who need it.”

— Jim Rohn

429. “The only constant factor in life is our feelings and attitudes toward life. One of the few things that we have total control over is our own attitude.”

— Jim Rohn

430. “Sophistication and lifestyle is understanding the difference between trinkets and treasures.”

— Jim Rohn

431. “Human beings are the only creatures who have the ability to write down their goals and design their future. And here is why most of us don’t. We’re trapped either by regret of the past or the routine of the present.”

— Jim Rohn

432. “With the right attitude, human beings can move mountains. With the wrong attitude, they can be crushed by the smallest grain of sand.”

— Jim Rohn

433. “Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.”

— Jim Rohn

434. “It is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives.”

— Jim Rohn

435. “What you get will never make you happy; who you become will make you very happy or very sad.”

— Jim Rohn

436. “Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders.”

— Jim Rohn

437. “One of the reasons many people don’t have what they want is neglect. Neglect starts out as an infection and then develops into a disease.”

— Jim Rohn

438. “We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear.”

— Jim Rohn

439. “You cannot succeed by yourself. It’s hard to find a rich hermit.”

— Jim Rohn

440. “The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution.”

— Jim Rohn

441. “Develop a childlike fascination with life and people.”

— Jim Rohn

442. “There is nothing more pitiful than a ready and willing mind but an incapable body.”

— Jim Rohn

443. “God has the tough end of the deal. What if instead of planting the seed you had to make the tree? That would keep you up late at night, trying to figure that one out.”

— Jim Rohn

444. “The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don’t have it well designed!”

— Jim Rohn

445. “How many languages can a child learn? As many as you will take the time to teach them.”

— Jim Rohn

446. “Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values.”

— Jim Rohn

447. “Well-chosen words mixed with measured emotions are the basis of affecting people.”

— Jim Rohn

448. “For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be.”

— Jim Rohn

449. “The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use.”

— Jim Rohn

450. “Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education.”

— Jim Rohn