Top 100 Mary Kay Ash Quotes
#1. I've never yet met a person who didn't want to be appreciated ...
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#2. I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.
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#3. What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
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#4. 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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#5. Some of the most successful people managers are also the best listeners.
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#6. 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.
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#7. You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.
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#8. Everyone wears a sign that says Make me feel important
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#9. Whenever I meet someone, I try to imagine her wearing an invisible sign that says: MAKE ME FEEL IMPORTANT. I respond to this sign immediately, and it works wonders.
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#10. If you are an entrepreneur planning to start your own company, I can't think of a better place to begin than by operating your business by the Golden Rule. Make this a high priority; never make a decision that contradicts the Golden Rule.
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#11. Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.
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#12. 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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#13. In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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#15. Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.
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#16. Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.
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#18. 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.
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#19. You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.
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#20. I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.
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#21. Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.
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#23. A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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#24. Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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#25. God did not have time to make a nobody, so you're a somebody.
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#27. There are two things people want more than sex & money ... recognition and praise.
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#28. Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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#29. My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared
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#30. 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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#31. One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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#32. 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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#33. No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
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#34. God didn't have time to create a nobody ...
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#36. There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through
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#38. Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
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#39. We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.
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#40. The greatest polution problem we face today is negativity.
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#41. A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
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#42. If I'm talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we're the only ones present. I shut out everything else. I look directly at the person. Even if a gorilla were to walk into the room, I probably wouldn't notice it.
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#43. Bear in mind that beauty is individual and personal, that the look and feeling you're after is one with which you can be comfortable each and every day of your life.
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#44. I believe that there is no such thing as a subordinate. If the air-conditioning ceases to work in our building, then the repair technician becomes more important than the chairman of the board. We're all people working together toward a common objective.
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#45. People will support that which they help to create.
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#46. I wasn't that interested in the dollars-and-cents part of business. My interest in starting Mary Kay Inc. was to offer women opportunities that didn't exist anywhere else.
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#47. 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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#48. It is important for you to have a goal. You simply can't get there if you don't know where you are going. Begin to build in your mind a dream. The write it down and make your goal realistic. Aim high enough that you will have to stretch your ability and your potential to reach it.
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#50. Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.
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#51. 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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#52. Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.
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#53. I've often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics; we are changing lives.
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#55. Good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.
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#56. What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.
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#57. A woman who will tell her age, will tell anything.
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#58. I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind I regard everyone as special. A manager should feel this way about people, but it's an attitude that can't be faked. You've got to be honestly convinced that every human being is important.
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#59. Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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#60. While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.
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#62. When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice.
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#63. 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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#64. If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.
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#65. Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.
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#66. The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang."
~ Mary Kay
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#67. So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.
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#68. Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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#69. God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
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#70. 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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#71. Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe remember you can achieve.
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#72. Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.
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#73. 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.
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#74. There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.
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#75. 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.
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#76. 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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#77. 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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#78. Give yourself something to work toward
constantly.
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#79. We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
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#80. Hope is wishing for something to come true. Faith is belief that it will come true. Believe that for every problem God gives you, He will also provide you with a solution.
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#81. 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.
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#82. You cannot keep determined people for success.
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#83. You never really fail until you stop wanting.
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#84. Pathetic Earthlings ... There's not enough makeup in the universe to cover those hideous, age-ravaged potato sacks that you call faces.
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#85. Before you ever receive the wonderful treasures of a happy life, you must first give. Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life.
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#86. 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.
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#89. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
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#90. Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.
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#91. 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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#92. My company mascot is the bumblebee. Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyways.
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#93. Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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#94. Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
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#95. God didn't have time to make a nobody, only a somebody.I believe that each of us has God-given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition.
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#96. Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
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#97. Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
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#98. Most of us die with our music underplayed ... We should try to step out of our comfort zones and do the things we're capable of.
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#99. If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
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#100. Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.
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