An average person with average talents and average ambition can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society; if that person has clear focused goals.
MARY KAY ASHNobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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Fear is faith that it won’t work.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
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Nothing happens until somebody sells something!
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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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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.
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A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.
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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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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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I believe that work if often the best antidote for grief.
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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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What’s interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.
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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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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!
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You can go as far as your mind lets you.
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Never, absolutely never, compromise your principles.
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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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Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
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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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I’ve never yet met a person who didn’t want to be appreciated.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.
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Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.
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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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