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

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.

I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

An average person with average talents and average ambition can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society; if that person has clear focused goals.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else. It’s the people with follow-through who excel.

People fall forward to success.

Fear is faith that it won’t work.

I believe that work if often the best antidote for grief.

There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through.

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.

Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.

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.

My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.

Real leaders aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.

Think about it, no one can win a race in which he had given up. You can’t win a battle for which you have surrendered.

A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.

He’s fully committed to appreciating his body with all its flaws and imperfections, more and more every day.

It would seem to me that I was committing a theft if I were to let one day go by without doing some work.

A man who loves you will never make you second guess his commitment.

I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil.

Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world.

If you want to start something great, you need commitment. But if you want to finish that something great, you need consistency.

Make yourself a priority. At the end of the day, you are your longest commitment.

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.