“Measure your emotions. You don’t need an atomic explosion for a minor point.”
— Jim Rohn
“Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.”
“We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear.”
“Develop a childlike fascination with life and people.”
“Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders.”
“The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution.”
“Here’s one problem with drifting: you can’t drift your way to the top of the mountain.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.”
“We must learn to apply all that we know so that we can attract all that we want.”
“The smallest of disciplines, practiced every day, start an incredible process that can change our lives forever.”
“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.”
“Look at each day as a chance to invest life into life. A chance to share your experience and deposit it into someone else’s conscience. Each day is a chance to work miracles in the lives of others.”
“You cannot take the mild approach to the weeds in your mental garden. You have got to hate weeds enough to kill them. Weeds are not something you handle; weeds are something you devastate.”
“Every time we speak, we choose and use one of four basic communication styles: assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive.”
“A pessimist doesn’t see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.”
“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.”
“The least lack of discipline starts to erode our self-esteem.”
“Here’s the major problem with going on strike for more money: You cannot get rich by demand!”
“As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go.”
“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.”
“What you become directly influences what you get.”
“Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.”
“To get to where you want to be in the next 5 years, you are either reading the right books or you’re not.”
“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.”
“Simply making consistent investments in our self-education and knowledge banks pays major dividends throughout our lives.”
“Once you have seen and felt your ideal future, you will be ready and able to pay any price to get there.”
“If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.”
“Learn to get from the day. Not just get through it, get from it. Soak it up. Each day is a piece of the mosaic of your life.”
“Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will be attacked. All values must be defended. In all areas of the human existence, what we put into this world, we get back from it.”
“Time is the best kept secret of the rich.”
“Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action.”
“Well chosen words mixed with measured emotions is the basis of affecting people.”
“The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use.”
“Life is a unique combination of “want to” and “how to” and we need to give equal attention to both.”
“Adopt the attitude that everything is negotiable. A world of opportunity will greet you.”
“Ideas are information taking shape.”
“How much should you earn? As much as you possibly can. It doesn’t matter whether you earn $10,000 a year or $100,000 a year as long as you’ve done the best you can.”
“The worst days of those who enjoy what they do are better than the best days of those who don’t.”
“Lifestyle is the art of discovering ways to live uniquely.”
“It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.”
“Some teachers teach for others to learn. That’s not me. Some teachers teach for others to accomplish. That is me.”
“One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental “I should” list.”
“There is no shortage of opportunity. There is only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires.”
“The attitude of other people affects each of us and the attitude of each of us has the capacity to affect all of us.”
“The question is not whether the formula for success will work, but rather whether the person will work the formula.”
“Don’t just let your business or your job make something for you; let it make something of you.”
“You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have.”
“Kids ought to have two bicycles, one to ride and one to rent.”
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