Jim Rohn Quotes

The good is the end toward which all things tend.

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.

Anything I do, I'm doing it for a reason.

Without something I'm really excited about... I'd be really lost.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Without goals the very concept of intelligence is meaningless

What is the why behind everything you do?

It doesn't matter what you can do if you don't know why you're doing it.

One needs to have some sense of purpose. Next, you need to have a vision that grows out of that purpose.

I wouldn't do anything if I didn't have something I was working for.

Purpose directs energy, and purpose makes energy.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

I would have to think about it for two or three months before I decided to do something which would have meaning. And it would have to be more than just an impression or pleasure. I would need an objective, a meaning. That is the only thing that could help me.

Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.

There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.

I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.

All that counts in life is intention.

I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.