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 ASHGive yourself something to work toward – constantly.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
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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.
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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.
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The seeds you plant in the hearts and minds of others will be what you receive in return – 100-fold. Only sow that which you wish to receive in return. Sow good, receive good! Plant seeds daily in your Mary Kay business and your Mary Kay business will return to you.
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What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
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The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.
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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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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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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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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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When you listen, the benefit is two fold: You receive the necessary information, and you make the other person feel important.
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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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You must develop the ability to know the difference between a real problem and an imaginary one.
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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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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.
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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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The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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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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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.
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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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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.
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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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