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.
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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Some people drift through their entire life. They do it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. It happens so gradually they are unaware of how their lives are slipping away until it’s too late.
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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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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.
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Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.
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Dare to risk public criticism.
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There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.
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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.
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Never rest on your laurels. Nothing wilts faster than a laurel sat upon.
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The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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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.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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Each of us wants to feel good about himself or herself, but to me it is just as important to make others feel the same way.
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There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through.
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In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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People will support that which they help to create.
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