Mary Kay Ash Quotes

Biography
Mary Kay Ash was the founder of Mary Kay cosmetics. She had a strong belief in people and was a very successful business woman. She provided opportunities for woman by creating Mary Kay cosmetics and setting up an independent sales force. She was a role model and an inspiration to the woman who sold her products.

For her P&L meant “people and love” rather than “profit and loss”. Perhaps one of the reasons for her success was due to the fact that she truly believed in people and provided not only a product but she also provided encouragement and inspiration to those that worked with her. Mary Kay Inc. started with 9 sales members and has grown to over 1 million sales members today.

She recognized peoples success and provided many incentives to motivate people to set and reach their goals. The most well known incentive was the Mary Kay Pink Cadillac's given to those who achieved top sales.

Mary Kay is truly a success story, one that has inspired many!

Be inspired by the words of wisdom in these famous inspirational quotes by Mary Kay Ash:

"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway."
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"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one."
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"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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"No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important."
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"Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist."
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"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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"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one."
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"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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"The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang."
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"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."
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"Give yourself something to work toward--constantly."
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise."
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"Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."
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"An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals."
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"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve."
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"Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret."
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"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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"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right."
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"A company is only as good as the people it keeps."
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"There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise."
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"People fail forward to success."
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"He took my hand in both of his, looked me square in the eye and after a moment said, 'Somehow I think you will'. Those five words changed my life."
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"A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch."
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"Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution."
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"We must have a theme, a goal a purpose in our lives."
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"Criticize the act, not the person."
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"I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination."
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"Everyone wants to be appreciated. So, if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.
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"Every silver lining has a cloud."
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"Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me."
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