We didn’t set the world on fire from the first day. Disappointments, setbacks and work created the company as it is today.
MARY KAY ASHSome 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.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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If you have an idea and I have an idea – then we EACH have JUST ONE idea; but if you share your idea with me and I do the same, we EACH have TWO ideas!
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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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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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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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You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.
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Be the kind of person who can always be counted on to do what you say you’ll do.
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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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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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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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You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
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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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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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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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There’s a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.
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Nothing happens until somebody sells something!
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