Food For Thought Quotes

A leader is someone who creates better ways of doing things and better ways are new and comfortable ways.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If you are not going to divorce the status quo, you will give birth to mediocrity.

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A leader’s goal is to improve on upon the past and if your goal is to remain where you are, doing the same things you have done times and times again, you can’t lead.

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Never reject the opportunity to take the first step. The first step is the key to obtaining the experience you have longed for.

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The most risky day in the world will be the day the bird will decide to swim and the fish will decide to fly. Stay glued to what you can do.

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It is not just about what you can do that will make you a leader. It is about how well you can do it.

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The more you concentrate on what you discover that you will be good for you to pursue, the more experienced you will be while doing it.

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This fact is that the heaviest and more burdensome load ever is neither the cement bag nor the iron rod. It is hatred.

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Harbour no hatred in your heart against anyone. People who do this have placed their influence on the risky line.

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If you will always remember your age and forget your dream, you will live great years and narrow impacts will come out of it.

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A self-leader looks around for problems, and then thinks deep to device solutions to them.

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And don’t forget, if you are very intelligent but load yourself with bad characters, nobody will follow you.

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Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age.

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You can’t be a self-leader if you are an enemy to yourself. Stop the hatred and love yourself.

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To influence people with your leadership gifts, you don’t make them your enemies. When they are your enemies, they won’t take your words seriously; neither will they support your actions.

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Since you can’t be influence by people who hate you, you cannot influence people you hate also.

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Not money, not fame and not positions can transform an enemy into a friend but rather, it is love that can do such a job.

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Leaders don't pray to God to fill their potholes. They ask God for shovels so they can do it by His grace. Pray practically.

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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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To leaders, one trusted friend is better than ten well known betrayers

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What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.

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Inferior and Superior life lives in the interior of a person.

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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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Leaders act with visions, they don't react with emotions. Maturity is when you don't allow your bad feelings to direct your good dealings.

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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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Leaders get to tall heights by taking short steps. Being faithful, diligent and consistent with little steps is the secret to mounting greater heights.

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Leaders with high esteem are high performers.

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Richest leaders are not those who have calories in their bank accounts, but those who have fats in their positive ideas.

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Leaders let go of what they can't control. It's a matter of knowing the power of the muscles and bones in your neck so you can go for what it can carry

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Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them.

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Leaders take actions. Attacking your plans with blows of actions will not cost you painful but temporal bruises. Never leave goals untouched.

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Achievements take leaders' name everywhere. Character keeps those names wherever they reach. A leader with no trust soon fades no matter how far he goes.

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Leaders don't cheat, they don't envy. Leaders don't hate, they don't curse. Leadership is a positive service to mankind.

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Those who see poverty looking for human slaves to capture, will tell you they saw him holding the handcuffs of laziness.

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Self-leadership is about digging out your hidden endowment and making them known and useful to those who need it most.

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Vision unknown is self-abuse. Vision known is self-abuse discovery. But vision applied is self-liberation. Application is the key

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Leaders reject free opportunities they don't need, so that they can have time to create the expensive opportunities they need.

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A boss says “go and make sure you do it”, a leader says “let’s go and make it happen”. Bosses control people, leaders involve them.

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A person with low standards will forever be walking. A person with high standard will soon stop walking and start running. Later, they’ll soon stop running and start galloping. The next time you see him, he’s either flying or soaring.

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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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