Practical Advice From Guys Named Jim

"If you are not willing to risk the unusual,

you will have to settle for the ordinary."

~  Jim Rohn, businessman

"Avoid fruits and nuts.

You are what you eat."

~  Jim Davis, cartoonist

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear;

after that, fear has no power, 

and the fear of freedom shrinks 

and vanishes. You are free."

~  Jim Morrison, musician

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot

keep to gain what he cannot lose."

~  Jim Elliot, missionary

"If you aren't in the moment, you are 

either looking forward to uncertainty,

or back to pain and regret."

~  Jim Carrey, actor

"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full

day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days

a week, you're going to have something special."

~  Jim Valvano, basketball coach

"Life's like a movie; write your own ending.

Keep believing, keep pretending."

~  Jim Henson, puppeteer

"Motivation is what gets you started.

Habit is what keeps you going."

~  Jim Ryun, athlete

"Be thankful for problems. If they 

were less difficult, someone with 

less ability might have your job."

~  Jim Lovell, astronaut

"Losing is no disgrace if

you've given your best."

~  Jim Palmer, athlete

"You cannot learn anything from 

success, you only learn from failure."

~  Jim Dale, actor

"Good judgment comes from experience.

Experience comes from bad judgment."

~  Jim Horning, scientist