--- title: "9 Journal Quotes By Jim Rohn" description: "9 Journal quotes by Jim Rohn. Plus more from Jim Rohn and more Journal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/jim-rohn-243_entrepreneur_the-reason-why-i-spend-so-much-money-for_3118124.jpg" --- > [The reason why I spend so much money for my journals is to press me to find something valuable to put in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/the-reason-why-i-spend-so-much-money-for-my-journals-is-to-press-me/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/jim-rohn-243_entrepreneur_the-reason-why-i-spend-so-much-money-for_3118124.jpg) > [Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. The best collecting place for all of the ideas and information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/be-a-collector-of-good-ideas-but-don-t-trust-your-memory-the-best/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/jim-rohn-243_collecting_be-a-collector-of-good-ideas-but-don-t-t_2091009.jpg) > [There are three things to leave behind; your photographs, your library, and your personal journals. These things are certainly going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/there-are-three-things-to-leave-behind-your-photographs-your-library/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/jim-rohn-243_behinds_there-are-three-things-to-leave-behind-y_3121115.jpg) > [Be a collector of good ideas. Keep a journal. If you hear a good idea, capture it, write it down. Don't trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/be-a-collector-of-good-ideas-keep-a-journal-if-you-hear-a-good-idea/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/jim-rohn-243_capture_be-a-collector-of-good-ideas-keep-a-jour_400681.jpg) > [Don't use your mind for a filing cabinet. Use your mind to work out problems and find answers; file away good ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/don-t-use-your-mind-for-a-filing-cabinet-use-your-mind-to-work-out/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/jim-rohn-243_answers_don-t-use-your-mind-for-a-filing-cabinet_361187.jpg) > [I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, Twenty-Six dollars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/i-am-a-buyer-of-blank-books-kids-find-it-interesting-that-i-would-buy/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/jim-rohn-243_blank_i-am-a-buyer-of-blank-books-kids-find-it_433105.jpg) > [It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/it-s-too-bad-failures-don-t-give-seminars-wouldn-t-that-be-valuable/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/jim-rohn-243_failure_it-s-too-bad-failures-don-t-give-seminar_2477396.jpg) > [If you're serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don't trust your memory.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/if-you-re-serious-about-becoming-a-wealthy-powerful-sophisticated/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/jim-rohn-243_becoming_if-you-re-serious-about-becoming-a-wealt_1364807.jpg) > [If you hear a good idea, capture it; write it down. Don't trust your memory. Then on a cold wintry evening, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/if-you-hear-a-good-idea-capture-it-write-it-down-don-t-trust-your/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/jim-rohn-243_bankruptcy_if-you-hear-a-good-idea-capture-it-write_2573007.jpg) ## Other authors on Journal ## More by Jim Rohn > [A well-fashioned day - with a beginning and an end, a purpose and a content, a color and a character, a feel and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/a-well-fashioned-day-with-a-beginning-and-an-end-a-purpose-and-a/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/the-amount-you-give-isn-t-important-what-matters-is-what-that-amount/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Show your contempt for the problem and your concern for the person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/show-your-contempt-for-the-problem-and-your-concern-for-the-person/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/good-people-are-found-not-changed-recently-i-read-a-headline-that/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/if-the-idea-of-having-to-change-ourselves-makes-us-uncomfortable-we/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [When a new idea comes our way, we must put it on our mental scales and weigh it carefully before deciding its value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/when-a-new-idea-comes-our-way-we-must-put-it-on-our-mental-scales-and/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [The best motivation is self-motivation. The guy says, I wish someone would come by and turn me on. What if they don't show up?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/the-best-motivation-is-self-motivation-the-guy-says-i-wish-someone/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Faith is the ability to see things that don't yet exist. Faith, though, can turn difficulty into reality, positive reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/faith-is-the-ability-to-see-things-that-don-t-yet-exist-faith-though/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Service to others leads to greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/service-to-others-leads-to-greatness/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Dreams are a projection of the kind of life you want to lead. Dreams can drive you. Dreams can make you skip over obstacles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/dreams-are-a-projection-of-the-kind-of-life-you-want-to-lead-dreams/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/without-a-sense-of-urgency-desire-loses-its-value/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/the-greatest-form-of-maturity-is-at-harvest-time-this-is-when-we-must/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Big achievements come one small advantage at a time, one step at a time, one day at time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/big-achievements-come-one-small-advantage-at-a-time-one-step-at-a/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/excuses-are-the-nails-used-to-build-a-house-of-failure/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) > [The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/the-ultimate-reason-for-setting-goals-is-to-entice-you-to-become-the/) [Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journal/jim-rohn/#itemlist", "name": "9 Journal Quotes By Jim Rohn", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The reason why I spend so much money for my journals is to press me to find something valuable to put in them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Rohn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/the-reason-why-i-spend-so-much-money-for-my-journals-is-to-press-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/jim-rohn-243_entrepreneur_the-reason-why-i-spend-so-much-money-for_3118124.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/jim-rohn-243_entrepreneur_the-reason-why-i-spend-so-much-money-for_3118124.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/jim-rohn-243_entrepreneur_the-reason-why-i-spend-so-much-money-for_3118124.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The reason why I spend so much money for my journals is to press me to find something valuable to put in them.” — Jim Rohn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. 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