Mary Kay Ash
Everyone wears a sign that says "Make me feel importantCollection: Important
Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.Collection: Achievement
Left unattended, problems only intensify.Collection: Problem
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.Collection: Inspirational
One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.Collection: Inspirational
When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice.Collection: Opportunity
There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.Collection: Tyrants
Bear in mind that beauty is individual and personal, that the look and feeling you're after is one with which you can be comfortable each and every day of your life.Collection: Feelings
You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.Collection: Persistence
If I'm talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we're the only ones present. I shut out everything else. I look directly at the person. Even if a gorilla were to walk into the room, I probably wouldn't notice it.Collection: Talking
Fake it till you make it.Collection: Cheer Up
By trying to live Christmas 12 months a year, we CAN make this world a better place to live - for others and for ourselves.Collection: Years
I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person's neck that says 'Make me feel important.Collection: Important
Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings.Collection: Real
If you are an entrepreneur planning to start your own company, I can't think of a better place to begin than by operating your business by the Golden Rule. Make this a high priority; never make a decision that contradicts the Golden Rule.Collection: Women
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.Collection: Real
Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.Collection: Believe
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.Collection: Mistake
While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.Collection: Fashion
I believe that there is no such thing as a subordinate. If the air-conditioning ceases to work in our building, then the repair technician becomes more important than the chairman of the board. We're all people working together toward a common objective.Collection: Work
Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.Collection: Laurels
My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she caredCollection: Goal
Fear is faith that it won't work.Collection: Fear
What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.Collection: Giving
Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.Collection: Thinking
Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.Collection: Time
Most of us die with our music underplayed...We should try to step out of our comfort zones and do the things we're capable of.Collection: Trying
I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.Collection: Leadership
Pathetic Earthlings... There's not enough makeup in the universe to cover those hideous, age-ravaged potato sacks that you call faces.Collection: Makeup
You cannot keep determined people for success.Collection: People
My priorities have always been God first, family second, career third. I have found that when I put my life in this order, everything seems to work out. God was my first priority early in my career when I was struggling to make ends meet. Through the failures and success I have experienced since then, my faith has remained unchecked.Collection: Struggle
Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.Collection: Faith
If you have an idea and I have an idea - then we EACH have JUST ONE idea...but if you share your idea with me and I do the same...we EACH have TWO ideas!Collection: Ideas
good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.Collection: Two
A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn't have this spirit, chances are you won't find it anywhere else in the organization.Collection: Leadership
I firmly believe that all we send into the lives of other does indeed come back into our own. I also believe that Christmas is that wondrous time of year when each of us renews our faith that a better world is possible. By trying to live Christmas 12 months a year, we CAN make this world a better place to live - for others and for ourselves.Collection: Believe
I wasn't that interested in the dollars-and-cents part of business. My interest in starting Mary Kay Inc. was to offer women opportunities that didn't exist anywhere else.Collection: Business
In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don't like to do.Collection: Pay
There are two things people want more than sex and money - recognition and praise.Collection: Appreciation
What you believe, you can achieve.Collection: Believe
Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.Collection: Women
Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.Collection: Courage
Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.Collection: Ideas
Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.Collection: Dream
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.Collection: Clear Goals
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.Collection: Dream
I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.Collection: Believe
Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.Collection: Leader
If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.Collection: Bad Times