“Stop blaming people for not helping you. No matter how your teacher teaches you to recite a poem, you can’t wear her smiling face to the platform. You’ve got to put that smile on your own face.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Quitters don’t gain what they have started working on; waiters don’t start what they could have gained. What is common there is failure.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You can choose when and when not to be stopped... Choose to be stopped after you die... when your work is done and done well.”
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“Perhaps you are just close to what you have been waiting for all along and ideas start formulating in your mind and advising you to "give up". Tell them "not me".”
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“Do what you choose to do with all your heart, head and hands! Your attitude determines how passionate you do what you chose to do.”
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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
“Cultivate the habit of defining, refining, redefining and redeeming your opportunities. Failure is a temporal event, not a permanent trademark.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Positive thinkers focus their minds on the future; they are never complacent about where they are.”
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“Live life so well that, even if you die, the empty seats behind you will tell the story that, "yea, this soul did what God sent him/her to do". Give life and hope into your family, village, community, country, continent and the world at large. You can do it!”
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“Everyone is watching you. If you don’t believe it, just pretend to fail and you’ll see many mockers. For this reason, work hard as if you are doing everyone’s business!”
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“Try again; you have millions of alternatives. Fill yourself with the bullets of hope and you will kill failure with one shot.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.”
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“Your thoughts carry you wherever you want to go. Weak thoughts don’t have the energy to carry you far!”
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“The vision of life is not a "discovery"; it's a "work" and whatever position you occupy demands work. Your life may not be built on your visions if you go high and find yourself doing the vice. Going higher should be a priority; but being aware of the reason for getting there should be the focus!”
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“People do not recognize that you can do it when you merely tell them you can. Until they see you doing it, they won’t follow you. Leaders who are willing to go further alone today are those to be consulted for solutions tomorrow.”
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