Never rest on your laurels. Nothing wilts faster than a laurel sat upon.
MARY KAY ASHTo me, P and L doesn’t only mean profit and loss – it also means people and love.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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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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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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There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.
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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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In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.
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You never really fail until you stop wanting.
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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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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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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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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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True leaders establish success patterns that make everyone think success.
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.
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You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
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For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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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.
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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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What’s interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.
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To me, P and L doesn’t only mean profit and loss – it also means people and love.
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A strong beginning is a good thing only when coupled with a strong finish.
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People will support that which they help to create.
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You are the only boss you have. And I want you to be the most demanding boss that you can be. If you really want to make a success of this business, then you must put yourself on a schedule.
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Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.
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Some people drift through their entire life. They do it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. It happens so gradually they are unaware of how their lives are slipping away until it’s too late.
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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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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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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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