por Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001) was an American businesswoman, founder of the company Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., where she not only made money, but helped countless women achieve financial success.
Her cosmetics company became a very profitable business, which allowed constant and steady growth, so much so that in 2001 her company was represented in 37 countries. She also created the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, with which she raised money to fight and protect women from domestic violence.
Below is a list of the best Mary Kay Ash Quotes about leadership, constant work, effort, the power of thought and the importance of setting goals.
The best quotes from Mary Kay Ash
-Do not limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind allows you. You can get what you create, remember that.
-The biggest pollution problem we face today is negativity.
-We have to have a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don’t know where you’re aiming, you don’t have a goal.
-You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it enough to pay its price.
-If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.
Give yourself something to constantly work on.
We fall to succeed.
-It is much better to be exhausted by success than rest by failure.
-A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
-No matter how busy you are, you should take the time to make the other person feel important.
-If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
-You don’t want to fit in, you want to lead.
-A good goal is like a strenuous exercise: it makes you stretch.
-Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t make it a secret.
-Dare to be publicly criticized.
-The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
-Pretend that every person you meet has a sign around their neck that says «make me feel important.» You will not only succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
-Listen long enough and the person will usually come up with a suitable solution.
-Most people live and die without playing their music. They never dare to try.
-People are definitely an asset of a company. It doesn’t matter if the product is a car or a cosmetic.
-A company is only as good as the people it has.
-For every failure, there is an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. Upon reaching the roadblock, take an alternative course.
-People blessed with talent don’t necessarily surpass everyone. It’s the people who persevere that stand out.
-There are two things that people want more than sex and money: recognition and praise.
-Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but it doesn’t know that, so it flies anyway.
-Criticize the act, not the person.
-Never give up, because you don’t know if the next attempt is the one that works.