“The greatest tragedy to ever happen to a nation is not the incidences of war or terrorism. It's when more bookshops close down and more drinking bars are opened to replace them!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“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
“God hides great things in little things. In every young girl, God hides a great woman; in every young boy, He hides a great man; in a small seed, He hides a big forest! A little is never inadequate if God's hands are its creator! Don't despise little things!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“I am not moved by what I see.
; I am moved by what I believe. What I do believe is greater, stronger and mightier than what I have my eyes on. Deep in my heart I do believe, I shall overcome.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“I won't compete with anybody. I love to compete with my own body. When God closes a door against me, I should not attempt to bang on it. And if God gives me a key to open a door, I should not misuse that key!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ's followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The only way when your thirst for excellence is satisfied is when you take up the challenge to do a little more every day than you have already been doing every day!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You will never be able to go to the east if you follow people who are on the way that leads to the west.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“At first are moving tombs on the surface of the surface of the earth; then we become static tombs in the brims of the cemetary soil; waiting to become eternal people in fellowship for God. I know there is another fellowship in heaven!”
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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
“Do it again and again. Consistency makes the rain drops to create holes in the rock. Whatever is difficult can be done easily with regular attendance, attention and action.”
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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.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Clarity repositions you to quit nice activities that take you nowhere in order to pursue risky tasks that take you somewhere.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Pursuing a dream without God’s approval is as dangerous as walking on a rope bridge over a big gutter? Guess the end….!”
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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
