Leadership Quotes: Mary Kay Ash
Quotes are actually quick-and-easy tips from people who have “been there, done that” – and succeeded. This is one of a new series of Leadership Quotes.
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.
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.
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.
Every failure, obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise. Success in many cases is failure turned inside out.
A laurel rested upon becomes wilted.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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.
Criticize the act, not the person.
I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.
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.
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.
It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
Over the years, I’ve observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1,440 minutes in each day.
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
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.
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.
There are two things people want more than sex and money… recognition and praise.
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.
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.
