Orrin Woodward quotes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A leader must inspire or his team will expire.

Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The gap between intentions and actions is character.

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

Break your bad labels instead of living in them.

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

Too many non-achievers confuse humility with humiliation.

Do you see a problem in every opportunity or an opportunity in every problem?

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

The difference between a dream and a fantasy is action.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I would rather suffer with truth than celebrate with lies.

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights.

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

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

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

Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leaders respond & change; the rest quit and blame.

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

Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do.

A person that does not value your time will not value your advice.

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

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

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

Those who do not study their businesses do not stay in business.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never complain about what you permit to be.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Success is on the other side of your comfort zone.

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.

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

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

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.

The more prepared you are, the less pressure you feel.

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

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

A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either.

You cannot hear opportunities knocking if you are busy knocking opportunities.

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

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

Change is a given; growth, however, is optional.

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

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

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

Belief is the magic key that unlocks your dreams.

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.

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

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

Many people surrender what is possible for what is comfortable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.

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

Leaders who won't own failures become failures.

Don't mistake thinking for action & don't mistake action for results.

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

Happiness comes from serving others.

You can succeed beyond the past, but not beyond your belief

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