Orrin Woodward Quotes

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

A bitter heart is never thankful & a thankful heart is never bitter.

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

Sight is seeing with the eyes; vision is seeing with the mind.

Leaders who won't own failures become failures.

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

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

I stopped paying the price for success and started enjoying the price for success.

People love being around those who serve them.

Pressure will squeeze whining out of losers and winning out of achievers.

You can't lose in sales if you remember that you're not selling; you're solving problems.

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

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

A person either disciplines his finances or his finances disciplines him.

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

Pressure squeezes effort out of winners and excuses out of losers.

To lead from the front you must get off your behind.

Losers sulk; posers talk; winners walk - choose wisely.

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

Belief is the magic key that unlocks your dreams.

Your past cannot stop you from a bright future, but an improper interpretation of your past can be fatal to your future.

Imagine if we applied as much grace to others as we give ourselves & as much law to ourselves as we apply to others.

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

Life is meant to be lived in 'the zone', not the stands.

Action w/o orchestration is burn out; orchestration w/o action is management; action with orchestration is leadership.

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

When your reasons rise above your excuses, so will you.

Truth is an acquired taste.

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

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

What you know has produced what you have; if you're not happy with what you have, then improve what you know.

You will never know what could have been done until you start doing what needs to be done.

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

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

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

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

The gap between intentions and actions is character.

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

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

The candle inside will eventually burn out; the question is: did it light the path for those following us?

Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.

A fool is someone whose arrogance is only surpassed by his ignorance.

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

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

A person who buys excuses will soon attempt to sell them to others.

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

Big mouths and small brains make the strangest noises.

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

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

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

The greatest leaders are reluctant ones who lead because they realize that no one else seems willing to step up.

Business leaders cultivate vision to unify teams; the teams cultivate business to fulfill the vision.

It's easier to teach a hungry person how to be sharp than it is to teach a sharp person how to be hungry.

LIFE Leadership: Live the life you've always wanted by losing the debt you've never needed.

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

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

History can teach us so much, and yet we seem to learns so little.

Your dominant thoughts from your past have produced your today. Your dominant thoughts today will produce your future.

Everyone deals with the problems of life, but remember the goal is to solve them to get new ones.

People will not change their minds but they will make new decisions based upon new information.

Winners aren't those who lose the least, but rather those who learn the most from their losses on their way to victory.

Success corrupts character when a person loses the spirit of thankfulness.

Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.

Whereas goodness makes greatness teachable, greatness makes goodness touchable.

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

People are more likely to listen to sermons you preach if they are also sermons you practice.

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

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

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

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

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

In life, most people surrender what is possible for what is comfortable.

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

Discipline is a given; the choice is whether it is applied internally or externally.

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

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.

The difference between success & failure isn't ability as much as action.

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

Dollar bill: people spend their whole life seeking to earn it, but won't spend 10 minutes seeking to learn it.

Success never goes on sale, but most spend their whole life dickering over the cost, never making the purchase.

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

Every right that we enjoy has a corresponding duty to not interfere with the enjoyment of the same right by others.

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

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

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

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.

More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.

Never confuse truth and the latest public opinion poll.

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

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

Your words have the power of life and death. Choose them wisely.

Analysis paralysis occurs when you overthink and underwork.

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

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

To buy excuses, a person must sell his dream.

Little disciplines compounded over time make a huge difference.

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

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

A person either buys his dream by surrendering his excuses or he buys his excuses by surrendering his dream.

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