Mary Kay Ash Famous Quotes & Sayings
100 Mary Kay Ash Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
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!
When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice.
Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.
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.
Good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.
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.
Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings.
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
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.
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.
You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.
My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared
I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.
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.
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.
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
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.
One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.
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.
People fall forward to success.
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.
There are two things people want more than sex & money ... recognition and praise.
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.
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.
One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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.
God didn't have time to create a nobody ...
Left unattended, problems only intensify.
Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
- Mary Kay Ash
Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
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.
There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
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.
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.
If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.
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.
It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
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.
A woman who will tell her age, will tell anything.
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.
Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.
God did not have time to make a nobody, so you're a somebody.
We fall forward to succeed.
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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.
In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don't like to do.
While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.
I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.
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.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
The greatest polution problem we face today is negativity.
You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.
Give yourself something to work toward
constantly.
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.
Criticize the act, not the person.
I've often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics; we are changing lives.
Pathetic Earthlings ... There's not enough makeup in the universe to cover those hideous, age-ravaged potato sacks that you call faces.
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.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang."
~ Mary Kay
Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
You cannot keep determined people for success.
There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through
You can go as far as your mind lets you.
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.
People will support that which they help to create.
God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.
People fail forward to success.
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.
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.
Some of the most successful people managers are also the best listeners.
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.
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 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.
You never really fail until you stop wanting.
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.
Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.
What you believe, you can achieve.
What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.
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.
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.
We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.
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.
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
Fear is faith that it won't work.
Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.
Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.
