Jim Ryun

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.

At the still-point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

Don’t get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.

There is little you can learn from doing nothing.

It’s not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.

Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

You will never know true freedom until you achieve financial freedom.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

If you’re proactive, you don’t have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

For all the hard times and tough challenges I faced during different periods of my life, I think I was lucky or blessed or both. When things looked bleak, a good guide would appear to set me straight. Someone once asked me about the villains who got in my way, the bad guys who wanted to trip me up or take me out. I don’t remember any. Maybe it’s my nature to remember the good and forget the bad, or maybe it’s my destiny to lock onto the righteous for help.