I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
MARY KAY ASHFor every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.
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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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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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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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There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through.
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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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Think in terms of what’s good for the other person and success will seek you out.
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Don’t limit yourself.
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People will support that which they help to create.
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One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.
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In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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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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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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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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You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
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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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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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People are happiest when they have goals, small and large, because they can look forward to attaining them.
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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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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.
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People fall forward to success.
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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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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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You can go as far as your mind lets you.
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.
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