"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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Source : Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.65, John Wiley & Sons

Mary Kay Ash

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“I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.”
“The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.”
“Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.”

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“The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.”

Source : Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.131
“Ati sarvatra varjayet: Excess of anything is bad. Some of us are attracted to Good. But the universe tries to maintain balance. So what is good for some may end up being bad for others... Agriculture is good for us humans as it gives us an assured supply of food, but it is bad for the animals that lose their forest and grazing land.”
“Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them.”
“And I'm still alive. That's what I have to focus on. Because I want to live. Even now I can't let myself give up. And that's something I didn't know about myself before - that I have such dogged determination and strength. That I can be completely focused on a goal and work long past what I thought my endurance was, when I have to.”
“The air was calm and insects had not yet risen off the water, that crisp time of morning before the sun strikes, when it is still cool enough to work out solutions to sticky problems.”

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