Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.
MARY KAY ASHLet people know that you appreciate their performance and they will respond by doing even better.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
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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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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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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.
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Real leaders aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.
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Be the kind of person who can always be counted on to do what you say you’ll do.
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There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.
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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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Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
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People will support that which they help to create.
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There’s a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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