61 Quotes About Extra-Mile

What would you do if you knew you could not fail? How do you push yourself to achieve your goals when success is by no means guaranteed? These extra-mile quotes inspire us to keep going when the going gets tough.

When you optimize your talents very well, you can pick...
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When you optimize your talents very well, you can pick money from people's pockets and nobody will ever get the guts to call you a thief. Israelmore Ayivor
Don't live the same day over and over again and...
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Don't live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. Germany Kent
You cannot score a goal when you are sitting on...
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You cannot score a goal when you are sitting on the bench. To do so, you have to dress up and enter the game. Israelmore Ayivor
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Yes, a deep lesson from the postage stamp. It attaches itself to a moveable material, the envelope and gets going. A good relationship keeps you going forward; a bad one keeps you static. Attach yourself to someone who is also going forward and you will also get there. Israelmore Ayivor
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If you think it is possible, it will be possible. If you think it is impossible, the imposible will be possible. Whatever you think; whether posible or impossible will forever be possible to happen. Israelmore Ayivor
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Never abbreviate your dreams. Only short-hand people always do that. Their punishment is that they can't stretch far, further and forward into the future. Dream only big dreams! Israelmore Ayivor
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Prior preparation is Success divided by half. Once you have fully prepared, every hand glove that obstacles wear to pull you away from reaching your destination will become slippery! Israelmore Ayivor
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You were not created to come to this earth and say "me too I came to live some". You were create to make a difference! Israelmore Ayivor
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It takes your knowing to decide on your going. If you know where you are going, you will keep going because you have already seen yourself gone Israelmore Ayivor
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Leave the talking for others and live by walking. Go, go and go extra mile and you will be a true owner of what belongs to you Israelmore Ayivor
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In your daily life, let your destined visions be farther than your gifted sight and your ultimate joy be vibrant than your demeaning worries. Think big, dream big. Israelmore Ayivor
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YOU are YOU! Know YOU can! YOU must not be afraid because God has a prosperous future plan for YOU! YOU got to know YOU! Guess who you are? YOU are a blessing to all others especially me! Israelmore Ayivor
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As long as there is life, there is a potential; and as long as there is a potential, there will be a success! You will sprout again when cut down! You will rise again even when you fall! Israelmore Ayivor
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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! Israelmore Ayivor
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Tradition is the code that keeps change in lock. If you refuse change, you are likely to rust and guess the cause; that long held way of doing things. Israelmore Ayivor
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Positive words left unsaid are like sachets of currency notes burnt in vain. Positive deeds left undone are like deep wells filled with soil to the brim. Do the undone, say the unsaid and turn the unturned. Israelmore Ayivor
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If you let your man-made actions to be more frequent than your man-said words you will travail with praise in man-win visions. Do more, say less, win big. Israelmore Ayivor
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When I was young, I thought it was thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in St. Paul's High School, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise. I learnt to take the course of my life, not by violence but rather with intelligence. Israelmore Ayivor
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Your driver is on the steer, driving you and you can feel free to doze in the car; this is trust built on competence. Competence is to ensure that your actions put people's hearts at ease when things are in your hands. Israelmore Ayivor
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The 10 ever greatest misplacements in life:1. Leadership without character.2. Followership without servant-being.3. Brotherhood without integrity.4. Affluence without wisdom.5. Authority without conscience.6. Relationship without faithfullness.7. Festivals without peace.8. Repeated failure without change.9. Good wealth without good health.10. Love without a lover. Israelmore Ayivor
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Passionate people are always ready to stand for their dreams even if no one stand with them. They vote and vote alone for their dreams but never loss their nomination for excellent leadership! Israelmore Ayivor
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Loosers want it but only through the easy way. If action taking were like reading a story book, loosers would only love to open the picture pages Israelmore Ayivor
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When you aspire to inspire before you expire, you conspire to inspire even after you pause to respire. Keep pushing it! Israelmore Ayivor
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There are no big men and big women. There are small people with big dreams and extra larger passion! Israelmore Ayivor
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Everybody is standing, but you must stand out. Everybody is breaking grounds; but you must breakthrough! Everybody scratching it; but you must scratch it hard! Everybody is going, but you must keep going extra miles! Dare to be exceptionally excellent and why not? Israelmore Ayivor
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The simple rule to abide by and become excellent is that “Don’t see what you have achieved yesterday with the same pleasure eyes you used to see it when it was done by you”. Look forward and do better than you did earlier! Israelmore Ayivor
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Don’t accept the available as the preferable. Go extra mile with extra speed. Israelmore Ayivor
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Excellence is to keep beating your own standards every day. If you don't have a standard for yourself, you have no records to beat; and if you don't have any record to beat, you can't excel. What is your current standard? Israelmore Ayivor
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If you are not angry with your average performance, you can't effect a change! You must get upset to grab the energy to break the fence confining you! Israelmore Ayivor
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The poorest person on earth is not the person who has no job, no cars, no money and no house. The poorest person is the one who has no vision. Visionlessness is poverty in disguise. Israelmore Ayivor
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When God calls you to build 100 castles on earth and you built 98, take the 99th as if it's the begining of your work and work hard to finish the race with all excellence. Go the extra mile! Israelmore Ayivor
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The volume of your impacts is measured by the direction of your movements, the passion with which you inspire and the attitudes by which you make an influence! Israelmore Ayivor
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Many people who became successful were once first time global failures. But because they didn't give up on their dreams, failure could not sink them. They triumphed at last! Israelmore Ayivor
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The difference between greater people and greatest people is the "est" which stands for "extra mile". Extra steps give Extraordinary results; Extraordinary people do Extra things. Israelmore Ayivor
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If it must be enjoyed, then it must be done. And if it must be done, then it must be done well. If it is done well, it is enjoyed well. Israelmore Ayivor
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The question is not "can you wear your father's shoes?". The question is "can you walk in your father's shoes?". It is one thing having a mentor and it is another thing to become like your mentor. Israelmore Ayivor
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The fittest person survives! The fighting man succeeds! He who Fights to Fit, will Survive to Succeed! Israelmore Ayivor
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The way to success is not a straight line segment. It's a dotted line with little packs of failure filling the potholes of broken edges inbetween. Israelmore Ayivor
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Anytime you feel like you don't have any work to do, just look around. Look for what God had started doing and ask for his permission to assist him in doing it. Israelmore Ayivor
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You don't get drown by falling into a river. You get drown by remaining there. Falling accidentally and rising immediately was what distinguished Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln from the rest. Israelmore Ayivor
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When you fall down, rise up. When you fall again, rise up again. This is just a developmental process that makes a healthy baby become a successful man. Israelmore Ayivor
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True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela... Israelmore Ayivor
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In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a step ahead with what is in your hands. Israelmore Ayivor
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Let your dreams be as litmitless as the circumference of the entire universe. The police service does not prosecute people who over-dream. Never nail yourself to the narrow cross. Dream big! Israelmore Ayivor
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Do the most difficult thing if that is what will pay you. Dust the Rust if you Must. Success never comes with ease. Israelmore Ayivor
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One of the greatest source of danger in life is to find the right path and stand on it. If you find the right way, run on it, don't stand on it. Something may be coming from behind; it will surely crush you when you are static. Israelmore Ayivor
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Make a plural hey while the singular sun is up there. Not just the hey, but the best hey. Excellence should be your priority! Israelmore Ayivor
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Me: I am very busy now. Can you please excuse me for few minutes? She: Oh ok. But why are you sweating all over your body? Me: I am very busy, that is why. I am dreaming extra-large dreams. Israelmore Ayivor
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As long as the constitution of my country is not amended to cut down the sizes of the dreams of its citizens, I have the freedom to dream extra largest dreams. I am even dreaming over-size dreams now. Israelmore Ayivor
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Stop blaming people for not helping you to solve your problems. The question is simple "are they the ones in the problem with you"? People may teach you, people may advise you, people may inspire you, but it takes YOU to go the extra mile and make an indelible impact! Israelmore Ayivor
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You were saved not by work, but for work. Do it till all is done. By your Inventions, Innovations, Initiatives, Improvements, Involvements, Imaginations, Information, Interventions and Inspirations... Go the extra mile and dare to do it. Israelmore Ayivor
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No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it. David Pietrusza
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The extraneous duties, in a sense, were the job. Tom Clancy
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Obstacles are weak walls without foundations; if you fear them, they will defeat you. But the fact is that they are even afraid of you. So why frightened? Israelmore Ayivor
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We didn't come to the world just to entertain, we came to play remarkable roles, and our reward is to see you doing more than us. Michael Bassey Johnson
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You were never born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Don't think that way. You were born with a diamond spoon in your palm. Carry it by your own hand. Now, feed yourself Israelmore Ayivor
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Make sure that your heartfelt thanksgiving is more consistent than your nagging needs and your passionate apology fervent than your unhealthy justifications. Be clean and hopeful. Israelmore Ayivor
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The best posture you can adopt when pursuing your goals is neither to stand nor sit. The best position is to STANDOUT! Everyone may be sitting; but don't sit! Many people may be standing; but don't just stand. When you stand, be outstanding! Israelmore Ayivor
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It's no use going the extra mile if people don't expect it. You will never get extra credit for it. Just invest it on something else. Sartika Kurniali
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What will make you great today will never make you great tomorrow! The airplane that Wilbur and Orville Wright invented in 1906 would be seen as a scrap today. It becomes valueless with time. Israelmore Ayivor