You never really fail until you stop wanting.
MARY KAY ASHPeople 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!
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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True leaders establish success patterns that make everyone think success.
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Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.
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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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Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.
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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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A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.
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In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.
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The more enjoyment people derive from their work, the better they will produce.
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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
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Every person should have a lifetime self-improvement program.
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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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Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.
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Dare to risk public criticism.
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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.
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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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One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.
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I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
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You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.
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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.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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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.
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Real leaders aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.
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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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