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“The leader who listens is the one society needs most. They don’t force their commands on people. They pay attention to their demands and set the pace for the change that society truly needs.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do, it’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.”
Barack Obama

“He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.”
Leo Tolstoy

“Self-condemnation means speaking against one's own success. If can't stop confirming your incompetencies for what you are competent for, you are unlikely do pursue your true purpose.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Most people think confidence lies in an excessive rehearsal. It’s true that man has to prepare, plan and practice before projecting his purposes. But a time must definitely arrive when man has to put an end to learning and rehearsal and start practicing what he spent time learning.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Every man and every living creature has a sacred right to the gladness of springtime.”
Leo Tolstoy

“If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up not doing anything for anybody.”
John C. Maxwell

“I am only a pencil in the hand of God, but it is He who writes.”
Mother Teresa

“Henry David Thoreau wrote, “One is not born into the world to do everything, but to do something.”
John C. Maxwell

“Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.”
Oprah Winfrey

“Don’t settle for poor performers. Keep in mind that one great person will always out-produce and out-perform two mediocre people.”
John C. Maxwell

“Come out with your unique signal and don’t always be compelled to go the common way. That is called innovation.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“How to prepare someone for leadership: I do it. I do it and you watch. You do it and I watch. You do it. You do it and someone else watches.” 
John C. Maxwell

“Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.”
Abraham Lincoln

“It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice” 
Thomas Jefferson

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