Orrin Woodward

“Free society's organize around the "invisible hand" while Force society's organize around the State's "visible fist.”

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

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

“If you want to live the life you've always wanted, you'll have to make the changes you've always needed.”

“Never let what you don't know stop you from doing what you do know.”

“Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.”

“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.”

“Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Leaders speak truth into people who believe lies about themselves.”

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

“You cannot expect others to believe in you until you believe in yourself.”

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

“You must be willing to give up what you are, to become what you want to be.”

“You can tell the size of a person by the way he treats people who cannot help him.”

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

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

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

“Success is on the other side of your comfort zone.”

“There are many shortcuts to failure, but there are no shortcuts to true success.”

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

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

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

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

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

“But is the word used before you rationalize why the situation is not your fault nor responsibility.”

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

“Many lose through never starting. A job well begun is half done.”

“Leaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion.”

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

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

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

“Everyone starts life with a fire in their soul; sadly most are snuffed out in the storms of life.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Winners make every setback a floor to launch higher. Non-winners make every setback a ceiling to launch lower.”

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

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

“Most people settle in life with no satisfaction. Winners are satisfied without ever settling.”

“Never complain about what you permit to be.”

“Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.”

“Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing.”