Mary kay ash quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

What you believe, you can achieve.

good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.

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.

Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings.

I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind I regard everyone as special.

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.

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.

I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person's neck that says 'Make me feel important.

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.

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.

You can go as far as your mind lets you.

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

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

God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

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

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

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

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice.

God first, family second, career third.

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

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.

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

A woman who will tell her age, will tell anything.

Everyone wears a sign that says "Make me feel important

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.

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.

One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.

Dare to risk public criticism.

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.

The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in their way, they will use them for stepping-stones and climb to new heights. People who succeed have a goal, a dream and make their plans and follow them.

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

Criticize the act, not the person.

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.

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

God didn't have time to create a nobody.

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.

Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.

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.

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

The greatest polution problem we face today is negativity.

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

My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.

Some of the most successful people managers are also the best listeners.

Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.

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.

Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.

Left unattended, problems only intensify.

You cannot keep determined people for success.

Fake it till you make it.

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

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

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…Whatever you do or dream you can do—begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.

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.

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.

Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.

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

By trying to live Christmas 12 months a year, we CAN make this world a better place to live - for others and for ourselves.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

People fail forward to success.

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

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.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.

We fall forward to succeed.

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.

Fear is faith that it won't work.

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.

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.

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

Believe in yourself and know that you can do anything in this world that you want to do if you want to do it badly enough and you are willing to travel the road. Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.

I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our personal lives and careers can best be measured by the relationships we have with the people most dear to us - our family, friends, and coworkers. If we fail in this aspect of our lives, no matter how vast our worldly possessions or how high on the corporate ladder we climb, we will have achieved very little.

God did not have time to make a nobody, so you're a somebody.

I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.

I've never yet met a person who didn't want to be appreciated.

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.

What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.

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.

You never really fail until you stop wanting.

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

Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.

You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.

Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.

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.

I firmly believe that all we send into the lives of other does indeed come back into our own. I also believe that Christmas is that wondrous time of year when each of us renews our faith that a better world is possible. By trying to live Christmas 12 months a year, we CAN make this world a better place to live - for others and for ourselves.

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.

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

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.

I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

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.

Pathetic Earthlings... There's not enough makeup in the universe to cover those hideous, age-ravaged potato sacks that you call faces.

Don't let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible

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.

Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.

My priorities have always been God first, family second, career third. I have found that when I put my life in this order, everything seems to work out. God was my first priority early in my career when I was struggling to make ends meet. Through the failures and success I have experienced since then, my faith has remained unchecked.

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.

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

There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through

I've often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics; we are changing lives.