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Fear is faith that it won’t work.

Mary Kay Ash

People change and even products change. But over the course of time it’s the strength of a company’s philosophy that will determine whether or not it endures.
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Change Company Determination Endurance People Philosophy Production Strength
People are happiest when they have goals, small and large, because they can look forward to attaining them.
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Accomplishment Goal Happiness People Small
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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Believe People Praise Reaction Water Yourself
People 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!
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Change Decision Ideas People Progress Proposal Resistance
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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Exercise Goal Goodness Yourself
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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Care Death Goal Herself Life Live Purpose
Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.
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Hard Lose Stop Yourself
A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn’t have this spirit, chances are you won’t find it anywhere else in the organization.
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Environment Organization Risk Spirit
What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
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Business Myself Thinking World
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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Care Death Goal Herself Life Live Purpose
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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Future Happiness Love Myself
Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.
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Motivational Powerful Recognition Technique
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.
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Act Enthusiasm Greatness Ideas Inspirational Mindset Oneself
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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Leadership Speed Team Work
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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Deep Life Live Move People Time Travel
We are meant to use and increase whatever God has given us. And when we do, we shall be given more.
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Generosity God Inspirational Talent
Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.
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Faith Greatness Inspirational Motivational Obstacle Stand
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.
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Best Disappoint Failure Honesty Learning Myself Teaching Time
Think in terms of what’s good for the other person and success will seek you out.
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Goodness Person Seek Success Thinking Yourself
You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in their way, they will use them for stepping stones and climb to new heights.
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Determination Inspirational Motivational People Place Success
There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.
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Money People Praise Recognition Sex Worth
The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.
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Commitment Hard Yourself
Never, absolutely never, compromise your principles.
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Compromise Principle Yourself
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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Business Life Money Motivational Myself People Save Start Time
True leaders establish success patterns that make everyone think success.
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Establishment Leadership Success Thinking True
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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Control Dreams Life Negative Possible Rise Yourself
I do believe in encouraging a person to compete with herself… at Mary Kay Cosmetics, we’ve made that philosophy a company policy.
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Believe Company Encouragement Person Philosophy Policy

Fear is faith that it won’t work.

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