“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
“A positive mind is the sharpest tool that brings down the monuments of failure. The quickest way to fail is to murder your mind with negative thoughts!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Whatever is difficult can be done with regular attention and actions. Stay focused.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The reality is that we will continue to hear negative information from many sources. It lies in our will to decide whether to discard them into the waste bin or record them into our brains!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Leaders don’t call unhappy followers “ungrateful people”. They see them as “lesson teachers”. They find out why they are unhappy; perhaps it could be as a result of their attitudes. That informs them to change!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“I put complains aside and replace each of them with trials and to my surprise, some things I see as difficult were not so before! I conclude that "Success resides behind the curtains of complains; tear those pieces of complains away and you will see the stage of your dreams clearly"
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Your self-defense becomes a self-defeat when you are doing it for selfish reasons! It's not about you and your pocket alone; let it be for the collective joy of your entire neighbourhood and beyond!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Leaders don't define wealth by material things they see. They define wealth by the visions they imagine and actions they take.”
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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
“A single day in my own shoe that is comfortable for me is better than 365 days in someone else's shoes that does not fit me at all.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The reason why salt and sugar are known to be sweet is that they season other things. Care to share and dare to do it every day!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Believe this, “the higher you go, the further you see” and also “the further you see the clearer you hear; “the clearer you hear, the wiser you become”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“It is not about whether you call yourself a leader or not. It is about what you have to show to people as a leader. Leadership is contagious, you carry it and share it.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Leaders don't venture without vision. They don't pray without plans. They don't climb without clues. They are always prepared.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
