“What the world thinks of me is none of my business.”

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.

Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Make people who work for you feel important. If you honor and serve them, they’ll honor and serve you.

There’s a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.

Let people know that you appreciate their performance and they will respond by doing even better.

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.

The more enjoyment people derive from their work, the better they will produce.

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.

People will support that which they help to create.

Left unattended, problems only intensify.

Don’t limit yourself.

I do believe in encouraging a person to compete with herself… at Mary Kay Cosmetics, we’ve made that philosophy a company policy.

You can go as far as your mind lets you.

The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.

Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.

Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.

You grow more when you get more people’s perspective.

Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it.

People don’t want gadgets, they want services.

The brain is a muscle that can move the world.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.