Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder Quotes
The desire to swim in deeper waters is what gives a greater experience. Nothing new comes out of being ordinary. Leaders take risks.
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
Too much hurry will bury your goals. Too much haste will make you waste. Too quick race will cripple your pace. Be patient.
Almost everything a leader fails to achieve is anything he fails to try. What is not attempted is what is difficult to do.
If you want to be a leader, don't stand on the toes of dwarfs. Mount the shoulders of giants and you will see further.
If you see a leader solving one conflict wisely, remember he is working hard to prevent 10 of such from happening!
A leader isn't born after 9 months' conception. When talents are discovered, skills are mastered & values are developed, a leader is born.
The skills of a leader will determine how excellent he will perform. His attitude will determine how often he will do that.
Leaders gather scattered people with the positive influence of intimacy while misleaders scatter gathered people with the negative influence of intimidation.
Leaders don't cry for what country can do for them for free. They dream about what they can do for country at high cost.
Leaders inform, inspire and improve people. They educate, empower and enrich the value of their followers. They make impacts.
Until you do your best, don't try to take a rest. Until you take a leap, don't try to sleep. Until you top, don't try to stop.
Leaders get to tall heights by taking short steps. Being faithful, diligent and consistent with little steps is the secret to mounting greater heights.
Your relationships will either empower you to overcome obstacles, or put fears in you so you can run away from them.
Leaders don't pray to God for money. They simply ask for His grace to solve problems. By solving problems, the money comes.
Environment has its own ways of limiting us tightly. But leaders have their own ways of escaping those limitations narrowly.
Leaders find something to die for, not something to live on. If you haven't found something to die for yet, you can't lead.
Many self-leaders lead the world even by being invisible. The world learns from them without sitting in their classrooms.
Greed squeezes your dreams into a portable size, so that failure can easily carry them to dump somewhere.
Every great leader once fell down from a tall ladder. You don't become a star until you get the scar. Take that risk now.
Pride, anger and hatred are fruits from the same garden that poison the world when ripe. A leader cultivates no such fruits.
Leaders scan the future so it can be free of doubts and fear. They do so by not living a double standard life in the present.
A leader does not reduce his speeds to meet the views of negative thinkers. He leaves them to do their job as he focuses.
Leaders do what is uncomfortable but helpful. They run away from the comfort that doesn't produce any help for the world.
You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day.
Leaders don't venture without vision. They don't pray without plans. They don't climb without clues. They are always prepared.
Why ships won't use roads, is why cars won't travel on oceans. When the position is wrong, the leader won't be right.
A leader in 10 minutes can unlock your potentials which in reality would have taken you 10 years to do without them.
Learning from failure boosts a leader's chance of staying ahead of his standards. Leaders who rise quickly after falling are always stable.
Bridges take people across rivers. Leaders take people across ignorance. With a leader, the destination of a journey is sure.
Leaders will love to be poor and see their people rich, than to be rich and see their people poor. This is their mission.
Fear punches holes in your eyes so that you don't see the future clearly. Faith enlarges your vision to behold your destiny.
What happens when a leader misses his steps on the ladder is what happens when a train misses the rail. Be on track.
Leaders do not play a "what if game". They believe it will be and work it to be! Success is scarce because fear is common.
Leaders are interested in gains. However, they acknowledge that there is no gain without pain. They embrace the pain.
Leaders' major question is "why". If they lose, they ask "why". If they win, they ask "why". Their "whys" weave their wonders.
People are tired of being told that it's possible... It's time to show them how it can be possible. Leadership is demonstration.
The ladder of leadership can only stand firm on the grounds of integrity. Any other ground makes it unstable till it falls.
One of the first steps to successful leadership is to forget your age and remember your dream.
Leaders don't climb hills of success with shoes of pride. They are slippery enough to bring a person down to the valley.
Leaders say "no" to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader.
By constant practices, deliberate repetitions and uninterrupted exercises, leaders go from zero to hero. They don't quit.
If you're determined to stand, nothing can move you. If you're determined to move, nothing can stop you. Determination is the key!
The choice to lead is nurtured by the willingness to rise above challenges of life.
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.
The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.
To leaders, one trusted friend is better than ten well known betrayers
What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.
