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Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash People will support that which they help to create.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash What’s interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Be the kind of person who can always be counted on to do what you say you’ll do.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash If you act enthusiastic, you will become enthusiastic. A mediocre mind that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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 AshMary Kay Ash In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.
Warren BuffettWarren Buffett Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.
John MuirJohn Muir The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
RumiRumi The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin All suffering is caused by ignorance.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama But feelings can’t be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
Anne FrankAnne Frank
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