“The subsistence mentality of a person is a prison in which his personal joy is detained. If you want to live in joy, you don't live for yourself alone. Live for others too!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You have authority in your mouth, hence don't need to be afraid; but rather positively affirm!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“A leader does not lose focus because he wants to please his followers.”
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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
“The iron may not be hot early if you want to wait for it to get heated; it will get hot if you strike it hardly! Strike it now!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Make a plural hey while the singular sun is up there. Not just the hey, but the best hey. Excellence should be your priority!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Stop and say something good about yourself! Believe what you have just said! Pray for what you have just believed! Have faith for what you just prayed for! Work out that faith! ...and surely goodness and mercy shall follow you!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Your bread assumes the shape of the pan you use to bake your flour. Therefore stand still and know that you can’t use a rounded pan and ever get squared bread. Change the pan and change the shape of the bread!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Leaders learn more from blames than praises. Praises make them know what’s already done well; blames show them what’s yet to be done well.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Leaders are raised through training and experience. Nobody was born naturally with hand-gloves of leadership. We come to life to search for it, discover it and optimize it.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“The fact that people are in positions does not justify the means that they are leaders. A leader can be blind and to know this, check his sense of vision.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You become excellent when you fly at a level that creates a wide gap between where you were before and where you are now. Fly like the eagle; the eagle flies as if it never remembered it was once an egg!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Keep away from people who always try to stop you from sharing your opinions with the entire world. Don't listen to people who mock you because you talked about who you want to be! Exposed yourself!”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Those who mistrust their own abilities are being too wicked to themselves, discouraging themselves from doing what they should have been excelling in. If you are good at discouraging yourself, you can't be a good leader because leadership is built on inspiring others to face challenges.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You may not be able to do anything about how you feel; but you can do something about how you act. People will definitely offend you willing or unwilling by their words and actions...but you can choose to let that offence sink you down or not....”
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Israelmore Ayivor
