Leadership Quotes by Orrin Woodward

“Those who serve deserve.”

— Orrin Woodward

Leaders respond & change; the rest quit and blame.

— Orrin Woodward

A leader must inspire or his team will expire.

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.

— Orrin Woodward

“Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.”

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

“True leaders apply law and grace, for those who only apply only law have little influence and those who apply only grace…

— Orrin Woodward

“The art side of leadership involves orchestrating another performer's science to produce the desired result.”

— Orrin Woodward

“Everyone has the spark of greatness; a leader's role is to pour oxygen onto it forming the fire within.”

— Orrin Woodward

If the only thing that you are good at is convincing others that you are good, then being in biz with you…

— Orrin Woodward

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own…

— Orrin Woodward

“Managers maintain the present while leaders create the future.”

— Orrin Woodward

“Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.”

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them.

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

When a leader buys his own excuses, he also, unfortunately, sells them to his team.

— Orrin Woodward

“People buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results.”

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are.

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

A group's leadership limit is reached when voluntarism ends and compulsion begins.

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

You cannot expect your team to rise above your example.

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Orrin Woodward

“The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self.”

— Orrin Woodward

“The challenge for a mentee is not only to learn what he doesn't know, but also to unlearn what he thinks he…

— Orrin Woodward

“Be discerning with rumors on leaders, for most are birthed by the envy of the idle or the desperation of the defeated.”

— Orrin Woodward

Everyone carries a bucket of water and a bucket of gas in life. A leader has learned to throw the right one…

— Orrin Woodward