Mary Kay Ash
Birth Name: Mary Kathlyn Wagner
Birthdate: May 12, 1918
Birthplace: Hot Wells, Harris County, Texas, USA
Date of Death: November 22, 2001
Occupation: Author and Businesswoman
Profile: Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Website: http://www.marykay.com/
Number of Quotes: 39
A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
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.
Criticize the act, not the person.
Dare to risk public criticism.
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.
Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
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.
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
Fake it till you make it.
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.
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability.
God first, family second, career third.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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.
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.
Make every day count. Make every hour count. Make every minute count. And don't stop until you have exercised your full potential,
realizing your impossible dream and fulfilling your total destiny to become the person that you, and only you, are capable of being.
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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.
There are two things people want more than sex and money - recognition and praise.
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
We fall forward to succeed.
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.
We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.
Your attitude determines your altitude. It really is true that if you think you can, you can; and if you think you can't – you're right.