Mary Kay Ash on achievement
Mary Kay Ash93 quotes“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
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The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash You never really fail until you stop wanting.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn’t have this spirit, chances are you won’t find it anywhere else in the organization.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash People are happiest when they have goals, small and large, because they can look forward to attaining them.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Nothing happens until somebody sells something!
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash We are meant to use and increase whatever God has given us. And when we do, we shall be given more.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash To me, P and L doesn’t only mean profit and loss – it also means people and love.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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!
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash 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 AshMary Kay Ash
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Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
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Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle People had lost trust in governance. Getting back that trust, instilling a sense of hope and belief that good governance and development would be back on track, is my biggest achievement.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Make your problems adventures and achieve greatness in every situation in life.
Sandeep MaheshwariSandeep Maheshwari I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
Orson WellesOrson Welles Stop criticizing yourself for your failures. Start appreciating yourself for your achievements.
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