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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.

Mary Kay Ash

To me, P and L doesn’t only mean profit and loss – it also means people and love.
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Loss Love Myself People Profit
Don’t let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible.
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Control Dreams Life Negative Possible Rise Yourself
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.
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Each of us wants to feel good about himself or herself, but to me it is just as important to make others feel the same way.
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A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.
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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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Ideas Myself Team Work Togetherness Yourself
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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I’ve never yet met a person who didn’t want to be appreciated.
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Myself Person Praise
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.
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I believe that work if often the best antidote for grief.
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Believe Grief Work
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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Believe Company Encouragement Person Philosophy Policy
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.
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Nothing happens until somebody sells something!
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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Exercise Goal Goodness Yourself
One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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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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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 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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