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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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say I’ve always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Your attitude determines your altitude. It really is true that If you think you can, you can; and if you think you can’t – you’re right.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash You must develop the ability to know the difference between a real problem and an imaginary one.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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
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Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They’re old. Old people don’t get healthy. They die.
Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley It is easy to love perfection. The difficulty consists in loving the human with his good and bad. We mostly know as much as we love. Only loving God but not its creatures, you can never really know, neither really love.
Shams TabriziShams Tabrizi Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.
HafezHafez Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Here’s to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this does.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.
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