“When I was young, I thought it was thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in St. Paul's High School, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise. I learnt to take the course of my life, not by violence but rather with intelligence.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Fake friends; those who only drill holes under your boat to get it leaking; those who discredit your ambitions and those who pretend they love you, but behind their backs they know they are in to destroy your legacies.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Don't accommodate complains in your chamber, else you have a sleepless and restless night. Keep them away and fall in love with actions for solution!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“When success is uniform, the celebration becomes universal. Of which use is it to you to rejoice at the time your friend cries?”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Cars are empowered by either petrol or diesel or gas. That is their fuel. I don't care whether you want to pour pepper soup or orange juice into that car... It can't work! You can't live without intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and move forward”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You may hit the bar, you may cross the forbidden line, you may cause many fouls, but when you stay on, you will definitely get your goals being the winning goals...”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Positive thinkers look for good in every situation. In times of difficulty, the can find many opportunities.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Stop blaming people for not making you to achieve your dreams. The question is "are they the people having those dreams?”
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“In between saying something and achieving it, there is some pothole to fill; that’s “doing it”. Goals are pursued with the word “GO” and visions with the word “VENTURE”. You can’t be living always in the promise of the cloud; it must rain now!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Don't rush in order to have things done early. Be prepared before you set off. That's the rule. However, this does not mean that you keep delaying the time for beginning. You must begin by all means! Go, get prepared!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Within every little dream seed is the potential viability of sprouting to becoming a great forest.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Hating yourself is like hating what God loves. God loves you, so love yourself and love what God loves.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don't care to know before they surrender!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Connect with people who are going where you are going. Don’t hate people. The person you may need later may be likened to the bridge you have destroyed after crossing it. You’ll need that bridge when returning.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
