“Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive those who schemed and plotted it for him to spend those 10000 bitter days in prison.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Find a target. Know where your influence is heading towards. Find out those who will be interested in what you do and “why”. Now work hard to answer the question “why?”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“My father said this to me: "Israelmore, if you don't make any impact on earth, you will die before you die. But if you impress hearts with what you do, you still live even after you are gone”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Fit yourself where you are before you fix yourself where you can be!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open and the bird can fly openly. This is the simplest principle of success. You dream, you dare and and you fly.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Quitters don’t gain what they have started working on; waiters don’t start what they could have gained. What is common there is failure.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The crocodiles that frighten from crossing the rivers of our destinies are easily drowned with personal confidence but not team courage. It means you owe it to yourself to defeat your own crocodiles and cross over to the other side!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The shark had never begged Jonah in order to get him swallowed; Jonah's own actions took him into the shark's belly! Failure may not chase after you, but when you miss your way, you will rather go chasing failure!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Tradition is the code that keeps change in lock. If you refuse change, you are likely to rust and guess the cause; that long held way of doing things.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Think outside the box; if possible, think as if there is no box. Aim high, above the ceilings; aim as if no ceiling can limit you. Dream big!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You become excellent when you fly at a level that creates a wide gap between where you were before and where you are now. Fly like the eagle; the eagle flies as if it never remembered it was once an egg!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“One of the critical factors that make people’s dreams become nightmares is that they don’t know there is a cost to be paid!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“My dad once said... "Some friends are like "rubber wrappers"; they bind with you safely but get weaker when you stretch them too much". Treat your friends with care, else the elasticity of their love for you may not go lasting!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“When I say “no” to some activities that I believe are ungodly, some people say I am “nobody”. Yes, I agree… “no” body; that’s who I am. I am a “body” that can say “no” to bad attitudes!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“To live, pray. To learn, read. To love, give. To listen, pay attention. But to be wise, apply all that you have acquired”
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Israelmore Ayivor
