Top quotes by Orrin Woodward

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar. Votes: 13

Quality of work is directly related to the quality of a person's character. Votes: 10

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey. Votes: 9

Success is 3Ms: Your vision produces the Map; your actions produce the Motion; your persistence produces Monetary rewards. Votes: 9

Every leader has the courage to make decisions. No decision is usually the worst decision. Votes: 8

I would rather face my fears than lose, but most people would rather lose than face their fears. Votes: 8

A passive mindset manages to live with mediocre, but an active mindset leads to change until excellence results. Votes: 7

Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are. Votes: 7

If the only thing that you are good at is convincing others that you are good, then being in biz with you is bad experience. Votes: 6

Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will. Votes: 5

You can't make a difference until you dare to be different. Votes: 5

A leader must inspire or his team will expire. Votes: 4

Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change. Votes: 4

Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications. Votes: 4

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream. Votes: 4

The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them. Votes: 4

A person doesn't feel, then act; rather, he acts, then feels. Change actions to change feelings. Votes: 4

Learn to use the criticism as fuel and you will never run out of energy. Votes: 3

Bad habits: easy to develop and hard to live with. Good habits: hard to develop and easy to live with. Votes: 2

A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms. Votes: 2

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits. Votes: 2

The gap between intentions and actions is character. Votes: 2

Courage results when one's convictions are bigger than one's fears. Votes: 2

Break your bad labels instead of living in them. Votes: 1

The more you free your heart from sin, the more your heart is free to serve. Votes: 1

Too many non-achievers confuse humility with humiliation. Votes: 1

Do you see a problem in every opportunity or an opportunity in every problem? Votes: 1

It's absurd to be upset by a lack of results when the cause is a lack of activity. Votes: 1

The difference between a dream and a fantasy is action. Votes: 1

Ideas have enormous consequences in a person's life because you ultimately become what you believe. Votes: 1

Politics is the art of saying well that which may or may not be true. Votes: 0

Do you have the talent?' is rarely the question. 'Do you have the guts to finish?' is the real question. Votes: 0

It's not about what you're capable of, it's about what you are willing to endure. Votes: 0

A person cannot shine light if he is afraid of the dark. Votes: 0

Winners learn from the past, live in the present, and lead into the future. Votes: 0

Don't mortgage tomorrow's possibilities by settling for today's reality. Votes: 0

I would rather suffer with truth than celebrate with lies. Votes: 0

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights. Votes: 0

The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self. Votes: 0

The true test of character is to live win-win even when promoted to positions where win-lose is possible. Votes: 0

The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions. Votes: 0

Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong. Votes: 0

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through. Votes: 0

Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character. Votes: 0

Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one. Votes: 0

What people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are. Votes: 0

You cannot live your dreams and fears simultaneously. One must die. Votes: 0

Either you have dreams big enough to overcome your fears or you have fears big enough to overcome your dreams. Votes: 0

Longterm success begins with the longterm imagination to envision the life you've always wanted. Votes: 0

Life is a dream made real through the power of our imaginations. Votes: 0

People buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results. Votes: 0

Never wrestle with pigs for the pigs remain clueless and you end up muddy. Votes: 0

You won't acquire external Haters until you've conquered the internal Hater. Votes: 0

You can either hold onto your dream by letting go of your excuses or hold onto your excuses by letting go of your dream. Votes: 0

Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision & perseverance to develop their talents. Votes: 0

Leaders respond & change; the rest quit and blame. Votes: 0

Successful people achieve because they think beforehand when it works & think afterwards when it doesn't work. Votes: 0

Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do. Votes: 0

A person that does not value your time will not value your advice. Votes: 0

A wealthy mindset minimizes expenses in self-entertainment and maximizes investments in self-education. Votes: 0

Excellence results from the accumulation of proper choices compounded over time. Votes: 0

Those focused on the future don't complain about their past; those complaining about their past aren't focused on their futures. Votes: 0

Those who do not study their businesses do not stay in business. Votes: 0

A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results. Votes: 0

Successful people work hard on the right things b/c working hard on the wrong things only makes one worn out while failing. Votes: 0

New Golden Rule of Fractional Reserve Banking: He who creates the "fool's gold" controls the fools. Votes: 0

Sadly, when a person's possessions distract him from his purpose, he usually ends up losing both. Votes: 0

Truth is only sweet to the ears only after a person is sick of drinking the vinegar of repeated failures. Votes: 0

In a world that loves lies, truth is subject to the greatest libels. Votes: 0

No business can be made easier to do than excuses are to make. Votes: 0

Winning requires reaching inside of yourself for that extra gear to accelerate challenges. Votes: 0

Those who row the boat don't have time to rock it while those who rock it don't have time to row it. Votes: 0

Never complain about what you permit to be. Votes: 0

Focus is the ability to say no to the GOOD so you can fulfill the yes you said to the GREAT. Votes: 0

The ability to focus is the key separation point between those who move ahead and those who fall behind. Votes: 0

The best friend of truth is time while the best friend of a leader is results. Votes: 0

Modern society drinks in streams of information while dying of wisdom thirst. Votes: 0

If life is like a canoe in a raging river then wisdom is the paddle to successfully navigate. Votes: 0

Rejecting God's truth b/c of mankind's hypocrisy is like rejecting mathematical truth b/c mankind's incompetence. Votes: 0

You learn from mistakes so the best leaders are constantly making new mistakes on their success journey. Votes: 0

Unsolved problems on the inside of a person stop success more often than problems on the outside of a person. Votes: 0

You can not become who you want to be until you have changed who you used to be Votes: 0

Success is on the other side of your comfort zone. Votes: 0

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing. Votes: 0

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible? Votes: 0

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion. Votes: 0

It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use. Votes: 0

The more prepared you are, the less pressure you feel. Votes: 0

Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound. Votes: 0

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones. Votes: 0

A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either. Votes: 0

You cannot hear opportunities knocking if you are busy knocking opportunities. Votes: 0

You don't feel like a winner and then do; you do like a winner and then feel. Votes: 0

It's not what you eat that will kill you as much as what is eating you. Votes: 0

Change is a given; growth, however, is optional. Votes: 0

Vision is tomorrow's reality expressed as an idea today. Votes: 0

To live the life you've always wanted, you must confront the issues you've always avoided. Votes: 0

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition. Votes: 0

Belief is the magic key that unlocks your dreams. Votes: 0

Everyone carries a bucket of water and a bucket of gas in life. A leader has learned to throw the right one at the right time. Votes: 0

Every uncomfortable experience in life gives you the choice of growing bitter or better. Votes: 0

Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble. Votes: 0

Many people surrender what is possible for what is comfortable. Votes: 0

"Do you have the talent?" is rarely the question. "Do you have the guts to finish?" is the real question. Votes: 0

Success is the exponential effect of little things done consistently over time. Votes: 0

You either hate losing enough to change, or you hate changing enough to lose. Votes: 0

You will never realize success on the outside until you can see it clearly o the inside. Success is inside out. Votes: 0

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb. Votes: 0

Most people live with pleasant illusions, but leaders must deal with hard realities. Votes: 0

The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles. Votes: 0

Successful people do not have a part-time mindset nor a full-time mindset, but a lifetime mindset. Votes: 0

Many times in life, those who do the most correcting, need the most correcting. Votes: 0

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease. Votes: 0

Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life. Votes: 0

Leaders who won't own failures become failures. Votes: 0

Don't mistake thinking for action & don't mistake action for results. Votes: 0

You won't get ahead until you get off your behind. Votes: 0

Happiness comes from serving others. Votes: 0

You can succeed beyond the past, but not beyond your belief Votes: 0

Your business will only get as big as the shadow of your character. Votes: 0

Leadership isn't what a team says, but what it does. Votes: 0

I fear insignificance more than I fear failure. Votes: 0

Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision and perseverance to develop their talents. Votes: 0

You cannot expect your team to rise above your example. Votes: 0

The first business asset you should invest in is yourself. Votes: 0

You can tell the size of a person by the way he treats people who cannot help him. Votes: 0

He who controls the fools gold, controls the fools. Votes: 0

Success for most people requires unlearning as much as learning. Votes: 0

Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team. Votes: 0

There are no dead ends in life, only dead end thinking. Votes: 0

Attitude is the ability to reframe the experience to empower you to future victories Votes: 0

Simply put, the direct power over the money supply is the indirect power over the people. Votes: 0

Death is only a tragedy when life's purpose was left unfulfilled. Votes: 0

Leaders don't correct people to success as much as believe them to it. Votes: 0

The passion/hunger of the student brings out the experience/wisdom of the mentor. Votes: 0

Most people over estimate others talents and underestimate their own. Votes: 0

Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing. Votes: 0

Leaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion. Votes: 0

A low self-image is usually not based upon facts; it's mismanaged memory. Votes: 0

Analysis paralysis occurs when you overthink and underwork. Votes: 0

If you accept excuses from others, it's usually because you have accepted your own excuse. Votes: 0

Success is assured when a person fears the pain of regret more than the pain of the process. Votes: 0

If you aren't loyal to the few you won't be blessed with the many. Votes: 0

Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts. Votes: 0

When a leader buys his own excuses, he also, unfortunately, sells them to his team. Votes: 0

Our culture says Status is more important than Wealth, but we teach the opposite. Votes: 0

When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value. Votes: 0

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself. Votes: 0

Leaders speak truth into people who believe lies about themselves. Votes: 0

Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new. Votes: 0

If you get your spirit and heart right, everything else flows from there. Votes: 0

Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort. Votes: 0

People love being around those who serve them. Votes: 0