“You have to know who to keep near you and those you should be far away from.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You are your own cannoe and you are your own paddle, so paddle your own cannoe. Society had taught us to give away our power and abilities by making us to believe that other people are responsible for our success and failure. That is not fair!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The only way to smile at harvest time is to appreciate the invisible fruits in the visible seed. Hungry people are not those who have no seed. They are those who kill seeds!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You may pray to God to remove the hills on your way and fill every pothole on your path; but don’t be surprised if God gives you a shovel to do so!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Your health, wealth, position, performance, ability and attitude are the results of your decisions.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Dare to make it to heaven and in doing so, carry many people along! Be a soul winner!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“When you are fired because of laziness, dare to fire back with the spirit of enthusiasm. Rise up at the same time and at the same place that you have fallen. You can’t give up!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You can't be successful if you are good at hiding yourself! Be success minded; think about uncovering what you know, what you have, and what you have to know for the comfort, inspiration and enlightenment of others!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Do good even if no one is watching you and do it as if everyone is watching you.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Possessions and positions may promote our happiness but cannot create it. Happiness is a state created by self through the realization of how the self is important to the creator.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Hopelessness is advance failure in a disguised envelope. People are crippled to have bed-ridden dreams just because they don't believe they can take progressive steps with those dreams.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“There is something more dangerous than the death of one’s body. It is “the undiscovered self”; being alive without knowing why.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“If you plant your crops in the weather of pride they will grow tall and fall down. Take away pride and your dreams will stand.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Yesterday was the last day on the calender of the past. Tomorrow will be the first day on the calender of the future. Today is both the first and the last day of the present. Use it well.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Life's always sweeter behind River Nile! Cross it; forget the days of the bitter Bile! Leave the torture behind and give a Smile! Keep smiling; Don't just do it just for a While!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
