“Stop chasing another busy self to become. Your real self is idle waiting to be lived... Go, take up your real self!”
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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
“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
“Be an initiator of change. Keep improving... To change is to improve; to become excellent is to keep improving often! Don't give up; people who make it in life are people who keep improving often and often!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Don't live by your thoughts only; live by your words also. Whatever plans you think about, affirm it in your mouth first, declare it and you will succeed in working it out! Words can be powerful!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The main reason why God gave us imaginations is to allow us to have a specific power that can help us make realistic decisions.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“If you enjoy peace now, remember it is out of the toils of those who were gone before you. The question is "will you leave peace behind you when you are gone"?”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Never abbreviate your dreams. Only short-hand people always do that. Their punishment is that they can't stretch far, further and forward into the future. Dream only big dreams!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You are either a player or a spectator! Players influence the game while spectators watch them to do it. Such is life!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The blame game is already a lost game, so don't attempt dressing up to play it!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Not every hen lay eggs. Not every hen that lays eggs gets them hatched. Not everyone born with greatness becomes as such. Go, hatch your eggs.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“It’s great to feel happy. Go, do what makes you feel happy. Do it shabbily and get shallow happiness; Do it hard and feel the hardest happiness!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Before you point fingers at someone, clean them well. You better remove that log on your lens before you can see the speck on someone's own afar!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“My mother is my friend
Who shares with me her bread
All my hopelessness cured!
Her company makes me secured!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Offence is like muddy soil; when trapped underfoot, it resists rapid progress. Don't trap offences under your mind, else you resist change! Jesus said "Shake the soil off your sandals"! What are you waiting for? Shake it off!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
