Jim Rohn Quotes

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who wants it the most? How much is he willing to take - and dish out - to get it? It's like fighting is 10 percent physical and 90 percent emotional.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

I just want people to know I'm mentally strong.

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can't be defeated.

You have to stay strong when it gets tough.

The GREATEST battle you wage against FAILURE occurs on the INSIDE, not the OUTSIDE.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

The possibility of physical and mental collapse is very real now... but collapse is out of the question; as a solution or even a cheap alternative, it is unacceptable. No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind.

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that a lot of things can be thrown at me, but it's about how much I am prepared to let them affect me

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

In sunshine, in prosperity, the flowers are very well; but how many wet days are there in life—November seasons of disaster, when a man's hearth and home would be cold indeed, without the clear, cheering gleam of intellect.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.

In joy or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or the reverse, the effort must still continue. One must rise after every fall and gradually acquire courage, faith, the will to succeed and the capacity to love.

Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self - his true, inner self - through temporary defeat.

Part of what we talk about is, toughness is a talent.