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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Success is on the other side of your comfort zone.

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

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

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

Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Belief is the magic key that unlocks your dreams.

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

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

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

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

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