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Unlike many people who start a new business, money was not my prime motivation – not that I was so well off that it wasn’t a consideration; in fact, I had put my lifetime savings on the line.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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 AshMary Kay Ash You must develop the ability to know the difference between a real problem and an imaginary one.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Think in terms of what’s good for the other person and success will seek you out.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash We didn’t set the world on fire from the first day. Disappointments, setbacks and work created the company as it is today.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash People often resist change when they don’t participate in the decision-making process. Some of the best leaders ‘plant the seed’ that permits others to propose the idea and take credit for it!
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Help other people get what they want – and you’ll get what you want.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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 AshMary Kay Ash 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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
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Intuition is knowingness, and this field of unbounded knowing, of knowingness, is within every human being. You start tapping into that and it becomes an ocean of solutions.
David LynchDavid Lynch Love is the answer, the spiritual solution that holds the power to end the war that rages within each of us.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford No matter what the problem, a miracle can solve it. Remember to ask for one.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.
Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton Stop repeating what never worked in the first place. Stand back and ask for a new solution.
Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.
Andy StanleyAndy Stanley
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