Mary Kay Ash

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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Music
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Business
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Business
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The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Leadership
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Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Work
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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Positive
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A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Business
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Success
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Inspirational
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Science
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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Time
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Women
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Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Wisdom
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Failure
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Every silver lining has a cloud.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Wisdom
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There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Money
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We fall forward to succeed.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Success
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People fall forward to success.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Success
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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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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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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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If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
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Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
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We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
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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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Criticize the act, not the person.
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Dare to risk public criticism.
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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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Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Inspiring
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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Inspirational
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Inspirational
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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
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Use
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Believe
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The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in their way, they will use them for stepping-stones and climb to new heights. People who succeed have a goal, a dream and make their plans and follow them.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Dream
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Whenever I meet someone, I try to imagine her wearing an invisible sign that says: MAKE ME FEEL IMPORTANT. I respond to this sign immediately, and it works wonders.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Important
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God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: God
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Your attitude determines your altitude. It really is true that If you think you can, you can; and if you think you can’t – you’re right.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Attitude
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There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Way
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Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Dream
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My company mascot is the bumblebee. Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyways.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Inspiration
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It is important for you to have a goal. You simply can't get there if you don't know where you are going. Begin to build in your mind a dream. The write it down and make your goal realistic. Aim high enough that you will have to stretch your ability and your potential to reach it.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Dream
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Motivational
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The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Determination
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The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Commitment
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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.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Happy Life
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It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Entrepreneur
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When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Motivational