“A country whose citizens do not read is already late because "reading" is just the first step to wisdom acquisition. Application of the learnt knowledge is the gateway to personal transformation. If you don't read, you have not yet begun anything!”
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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
“Fire false friends. They are in to fast-forward your fall and failure.”
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“It is one thing being disciplined to plan and it is another thing being a disciple of great work. Be your own disciplinarian.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“How I wish the police service is instructed to arrest people who over-complain! Just arrest them, do no harm to them, but make them do the "work" they complain about with hard labour!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Joy is meant to be felt; its not meant to be detained. It is meant to be shared with others; not to be felt alone. When all the mouths smile out their teeth together, thats when the greatest happiness can be measured. You don't smile in order to see your friends cry and claim your joy is divine.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Don't agree and believe that success comes free... Gold on the floor is a lie! You must dig deep and then you will reap big!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Don’t let the horrible nature of the waters prevent you from crossing the rivers of life. The more horrible the challenges we face, the sweeter the joy of conquering them.”
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“When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue!”
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“Self-hatred is self-imprisonment. Self-forgiveness is self-liberation. You have the right to suppress yourself, oppress yourself and depress yourself. You have the right to impress yourself too. Feel happy!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Hating yourself is like hating what God loves. God loves you, so love yourself and love what God loves.”
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“No one can replace you to do what you are destined to do until you totally fail it and leave an empty gap that God will fill.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You need to GIVE UP on methods that always give you wrong results... No matter how committed you are with a wrong formular, it always gives a wrong answer. Give up!”
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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
“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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