Mary Kay Ash Quotes Page 2

“In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.”

“Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.”

“It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.”

“Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.”

“Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.”

“Many women have made the mistake of changing their beliefs to accommodate their work; it must be the other way around. No circumstance is so unusual that it demands a double standard or separates us from our faith. No matter how fast the world changes, exemplary values must remain constant.”

“Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.”

“My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, 'she cared'.”

“Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.”

“Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.”

“No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.”

“People fall forward to success.”

“People who succeed have a goal, a dream and make their plans and follow them.”

“People will support that which they help to create.”

“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important'. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”

“Remember, if you do the things you ought to do when you ought to do them, then someday you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.”

“Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must'.”

“Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.”

“So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.”

“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.”

“Success, in many cases, is failure turned inside out.”

“The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”

“The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.”

“The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must'.”

“The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination.”

“The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.”

“The success of Mary Kay Inc. is much, much deeper than just dollars and cents and buildings and assets. The real success of our company is measured to me in the lives that have been touched and given hope.”

“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.”