“Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.”

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.

My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.

Real leaders aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.

Think about it, no one can win a race in which he had given up. You can’t win a battle for which you have surrendered.

A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.

You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in their way, they will use them for stepping stones and climb to new heights.

I’ve never yet met a person who didn’t want to be appreciated.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

Every person should have a lifetime self-improvement program.

God didn’t have time to create a nobody, just a somebody. I believe that each of us has God given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition. Each person is unique and special.

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.

Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.

Never rest on your laurels. Nothing wilts faster than a laurel sat upon.

People change and even products change. But over the course of time it’s the strength of a company’s philosophy that will determine whether or not it endures.

Keep chasing your dreams. Keep chasing your story.

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.

You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you’ll have to run much faster.

Believe in your dreams, convert them into action.

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.

The avoidance of struggle is the avoidance of experience.

The bigger the setback, the greater the comeback

You will never reach a goal if you believe every path you take is going to be easy.