Never, absolutely never, compromise your principles.
MARY KAY ASHPeople 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!
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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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.
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My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.
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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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You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.
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People fall forward to success.
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We didn’t set the world on fire from the first day. Disappointments, setbacks and work created the company as it is today.
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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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I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say I’ve always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.
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The more enjoyment people derive from their work, the better they will produce.
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I do believe in encouraging a person to compete with herself… at Mary Kay Cosmetics, we’ve made that philosophy a company policy.
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I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.
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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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You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
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