Orrin Woodward Quotes - Page 2

The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions.
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The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self.
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The true test of character is to live win-win even when promoted to positions where win-lose is possible.
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The gap between intentions and actions is character.
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Quality of work is directly related to the quality of a person's character.
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Success corrupts character when a person loses the spirit of thankfulness.
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In a world that loves lies, truth is subject to the greatest libels.
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I would rather suffer with truth than celebrate with lies.
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Big mouths and small brains make the strangest noises.
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Modern society drinks in streams of information while dying of wisdom thirst.
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A fool is someone whose arrogance is only surpassed by his ignorance.
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Politics is the art of saying well that which may or may not be true.
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Whereas goodness makes greatness teachable, greatness makes goodness touchable.
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Thinking is the toughest kind of work which is why so many people avoid it.
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There are no dead ends in life, only dead end thinking.
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Since a leader cannot rise above his thinking, he must assault his limiting beliefs daily thru reading, listening & associating.
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A person doesn't feel, then act; rather, he acts, then feels. Change actions to change feelings.
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You must believe to see, see to do, do to improve, and improve consistently to win; therefore, believing is the key to winning.
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Many lose through never starting. A job well begun is half done.
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Every leader has the courage to make decisions. No decision is usually the worst decision.
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You can be on the right track and still get run over if you're not moving.
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You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.
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Don't mistake thinking for action & don't mistake action for results.
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You will never know what could have been done until you start doing what needs to be done.
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Never let what you don't know stop you from doing what you do know.
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The difference between success & failure isn't ability as much as action.
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Successful people achieve because they think beforehand when it works & think afterwards when it doesn't work.
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To lead from the front you must get off your behind.
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If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help.
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Life is meant to be lived in 'the zone', not the stands.
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Many times in life, those who do the most correcting, need the most correcting.
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Imagine if we applied as much grace to others as we give ourselves & as much law to ourselves as we apply to others.
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There are many shortcuts to failure, but there are no shortcuts to true success.
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Either you have dreams big enough to overcome your fears or you have fears big enough to overcome your dreams.
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People fail 2 ways: 1) don't know what to do 2) don't do what they know; therefore, great leaders must educate and inspire.
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The only people capable of handling success are those who have learned to handle failures w/o taking their eyes off the prize.
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Truth is only sweet to the ears only after a person is sick of drinking the vinegar of repeated failures.
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To buy excuses, a person must sell his dream.
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Most people fail in leadership b/c they think when they should be working and work when they should be thinking.
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Weakness of skills can be overcome with strength of will.
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Most people fail in life because they were not prepared for the opportunities when they appeared.
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To live more for God and others one must die more to self and sin.
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The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them.
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A wealthy mindset minimizes expenses in self-entertainment and maximizes investments in self-education.
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Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team.
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The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.
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You won't find your dream until you lose your excuses.
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A person either buys his dream by surrendering his excuses or he buys his excuses by surrendering his dream.
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No business can be made easier to do than excuses are to make.
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Those who do not study their businesses do not stay in business.
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Life is a dream made real through the power of our imaginations.
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Longterm success begins with the longterm imagination to envision the life you've always wanted.
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Rejecting God's truth b/c of mankind's hypocrisy is like rejecting mathematical truth b/c mankind's incompetence.
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A person cannot shine light if he is afraid of the dark.
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A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.
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History can teach us so much, and yet we seem to learns so little.
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You learn from mistakes so the best leaders are constantly making new mistakes on their success journey.
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To ensure longterm failure is not an option, one must learn from many short-term failures.
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The only thing that compounds faster than interest is learning.
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Most complain about dried up lawns; others envy a neighbor's green lawn, but winners learn from all lawns while cultivating their own.
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