We didn’t set the world on fire from the first day. Disappointments, setbacks and work created the company as it is today.
MARY KAY ASHAerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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Don’t limit yourself.
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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.
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People fall forward to success.
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Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.
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What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
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Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.
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Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.
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Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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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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Never, absolutely never, compromise your principles.
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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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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.
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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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