A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.
MARY KAY ASHThink in terms of what’s good for the other person and success will seek you out.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
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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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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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Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.
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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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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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You can go as far as your mind lets you.
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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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I’ve never yet met a person who didn’t want to be appreciated.
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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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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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Never, absolutely never, compromise your principles.
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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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In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
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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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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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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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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.
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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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Never rest on your laurels. Nothing wilts faster than a laurel sat upon.
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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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Dare to risk public criticism.
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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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The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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People fall forward to success.
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