“Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.”

I do believe in encouraging a person to compete with herself… at Mary Kay Cosmetics, we’ve made that philosophy a company policy.

You can go as far as your mind lets you.

The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.

Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.

You never really fail until you stop wanting.

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.

There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.

People are happiest when they have goals, small and large, because they can look forward to attaining them.

Nothing happens until somebody sells something!

We are meant to use and increase whatever God has given us. And when we do, we shall be given more.

To me, P and L doesn’t only mean profit and loss – it also means people and love.

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!

You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.

Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.

Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.

Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

Desire something and don’t just care what you have to go through to get it.

To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces – desire, belief, and expectation.