Mary Kay Ash on achievement
Mary Kay Ash93 quotes“Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.”
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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 AshMary Kay Ash Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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!
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Help other people get what they want – and you’ll get what you want.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash You are the only boss you have. And I want you to be the most demanding boss that you can be. If you really want to make a success of this business, then you must put yourself on a schedule.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Hope is wishing for something to come true. Faith is belief that it will come true. Believe that for every problem God gives you, He will also provide you with a solution.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Dare to risk public criticism.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Those who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else. It’s the people with follow-through who excel.
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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.
Jack MaJack Ma We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela At the end of the day, we can’t always achieve everything that we dream of but you do have to enjoy life in the process.
Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Being named among the best is special and beautiful.
Lionel MessiLionel Messi The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
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