Mary Kay Ash Quotes (36 Quotes)

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.

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.

People fall forward to success.

People fail forward to success.

In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don't like to do.

Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.

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.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

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.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

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.

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.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

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

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

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.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.

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.

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

There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.

While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence which, I believe, does make the woman.

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.

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

Dare to risk public criticism.

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

Criticize the act, not the person.

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

Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.

We fall forward to succeed.