Mary Kay Ash famous quotes
03-28-2025
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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
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There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.
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The success [of Mary Kay Inc.] is much, much deeper than just dollars and cents and buildings and assets. The real success of our Company is measured to me in the lives that have been touched and given hope.
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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.
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Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
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Hope is wishing for something to come true. Faith is belief that it will come true. Believe that for every problem God gives you, He will also provide you with a solution.
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God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
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Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.
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I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our personal lives and careers can best be measured by the relationships we have with the people most dear to us - our family, friends, and coworkers. If we fail in this aspect of our lives, no matter how vast our worldly possessions or how high on the corporate ladder we climb, we will have achieved very little.
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The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination.
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Some people drift through their entire life. They do it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. It happens so gradually they are unaware of how their lives are slipping away until it's too late.
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Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.
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Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.
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So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.
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In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.
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Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.
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I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person’s neck that says ‘Make me feel important,
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If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.
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Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
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It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
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While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.
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You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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Don't let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible
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People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
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The greatest polution problem we face today is negativity.
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Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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You are the only boss you have. And I want you to be the most demanding boss that you can be. If you really want to make a success of this business, then you must put yourself on a schedule.
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The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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Remember, if you do the things you ought to do when you ought to do them, then someday you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them…Whatever you do or dream you can do—begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
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The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.
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My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared
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Before you ever receive the wonderful treasures of a happy life, you must first give. Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life.
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Many women have made the mistake of changing their beliefs to accommodate their work; it must be the other way around. No circumstance is so unusual that it demands a double standard or separates us from our faith. No matter how fast the world changes, exemplary values must remain constant.
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I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind I regard everyone as special.
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Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.
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Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.
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People will support that which they help to create.
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