"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?"

Rohn, Jim on obstacles   

"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."

Rohn, Jim on responsibility
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"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

Rohn, Jim on risk
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"We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go."

Rohn, Jim on risk
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"All of life is a risk; in fact we're not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words."

Rohn, Jim on risk
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"Whatever good things we build end up building us."

Rohn, Jim on self-esteem
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"What you become directly influences what you get."

Rohn, Jim on self-improvement
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"Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy."

Rohn, Jim on service
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"Service to many leads to greatness-great respect, great satisfaction. Success is not having to wait until someone goes to Hong Kong before you get a camera."

Rohn, Jim on service   

"The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples -- do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings -- don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning."

Rohn, Jim on reputation   

"For every promise, there is price to pay."

Rohn, Jim on price   

"We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment."

Rohn, Jim on pain
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"Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through."

Rohn, Jim on perseverance   

"How long should you try? Until."

Rohn, Jim on perseverance
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"Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors."

Rohn, Jim on philosophers and philosophy   

"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."

Rohn, Jim on planning
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"Never begin the day until it is finished on paper."

Rohn, Jim on planning
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"Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you."

Rohn, Jim on ask
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"Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws."

Rohn, Jim on attitude   

"Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."

Rohn, Jim on success
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"Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals"

Rohn, Jim on success
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"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become."

Rohn, Jim on success
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"The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become."

Rohn, Jim on value
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"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour."

Rohn, Jim on wages
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"Wealth is not a matter of intelligence it's a matter of inspiration."

Rohn, Jim on wealth   

"Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness."

Rohn, Jim on words
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"By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free."

Rohn, Jim on work
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"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch."

Rohn, Jim on action
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"Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people."

Rohn, Jim on communication
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"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know."

Rohn, Jim on communication
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"We get paid for bringing value to the market place."

Rohn, Jim on value   

"Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time."

Rohn, Jim on time
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"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day."

Rohn, Jim on success   

"The book you don't read won't help."

Rohn, Jim on books - reading   

"Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book."

Rohn, Jim on books - reading
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"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."

Rohn, Jim on books - reading
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"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it."

Rohn, Jim on books - reading
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"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."

Rohn, Jim on change
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"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."

Rohn, Jim on character
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"The more you know the less you need to say."

Rohn, Jim on talkativeness
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