Orrin Woodward Quotes

Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble.
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You can succeed beyond the past, but not beyond your belief
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Never complain about what you permit to be.
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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.
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Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound.
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A person who buys excuses will soon attempt to sell them to others.
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Successful people do not have a part-time mindset nor a full-time mindset, but a lifetime mindset.
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Winners never suffer defeat, but rather just many setbacks on their way to victory.
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Winners aren't those who lose the least, but rather those who learn the most from their losses on their way to victory.
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Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.
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God is not against you owning things, but he is against the things owning you.
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Truth is an acquired taste.
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Never confuse truth and the latest public opinion poll.
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If you aren't loyal to the few you won't be blessed with the many.
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Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.
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Self-denial in the pursuit of purpose generates true pleasure while self-indulgence in the pursuit of pleasure generates true misery.
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A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.
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Wealthy people attract critics like wealthy ships attract pirates.
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Dollar bill: people spend their whole life seeking to earn it, but won't spend 10 minutes seeking to learn it.
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Break your bad labels instead of living in them.
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It's absurd to be upset by a lack of results when the cause is a lack of activity.
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Managers maintain the present while leaders create the future.
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Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.
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A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.
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Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.
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Don't waste tomorrow on yesterday.
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Ideas have enormous consequences in a person's life because you ultimately become what you believe.
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Excellence results from the accumulation of proper choices compounded over time.
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Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life.
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Success never goes on sale, but most spend their whole life dickering over the cost, never making the purchase.
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I stopped paying the price for success and started enjoying the price for success.
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Vision is tomorrow's reality expressed as an idea today.
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Those who serve deserve.
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Do you have the talent?' is rarely the question. 'Do you have the guts to finish?' is the real question.
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It's not about what you're capable of, it's about what you are willing to endure.
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You can either hold onto your dream by letting go of your excuses or hold onto your excuses by letting go of your dream.
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Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision & perseverance to develop their talents.
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A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms.
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Free society's organize around the "invisible hand" while Force society's organize around the State's "visible fist.
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Liberty was paid for by past sacrifices and given to us as a present gift.
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Old: Give me liberty or give me death. - New: Give me liberty or give me debt.
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Do you see a problem in every opportunity or an opportunity in every problem?
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Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will.
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Those who row the boat don't have time to rock it while those who rock it don't have time to row it.
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The ability to focus is the key separation point between those who move ahead and those who fall behind.
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Focus is the ability to say no to the GOOD so you can fulfill the yes you said to the GREAT.
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Successful people work hard on the right things b/c working hard on the wrong things only makes one worn out while failing.
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Sadly, when a person's possessions distract him from his purpose, he usually ends up losing both.
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It's not what you eat that will kill you as much as what is eating you.
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Every uncomfortable experience in life gives you the choice of growing bitter or better.
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Defeats are merely repeats with better information.
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Ingratitude produces pride while gratitude produces humility.
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Vision and persistence will take you to the top of the leadership mountain, but only humility will keep you there.
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Too many non-achievers confuse humility with humiliation.
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The more you free your heart from sin, the more your heart is free to serve.
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Something for nothing given to one group is nothing for something taken from another.
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What people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are.
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Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.
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People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.
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Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.
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