Mary Kay Ash Quotes - Page 5

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.

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.

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

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.

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

You cannot keep determined people for 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.

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!

Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.

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

God didn't have time to create a nobody.

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

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 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.

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

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.