Mary Kay Ash

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Dare to risk public criticism.

Nothing happens until somebody sells something!

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.

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

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

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

Criticize the act, not the person.

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.

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

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

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

For every failure theres an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock take a detour.

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

Dont 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.

People fall forward to success.

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

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

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

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.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

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

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

If you think you can you can. And if you think you cant youre right.

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

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

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

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

We fall forward to succeed.

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

Resolve to worry less and rock a red lip.

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

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

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

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.

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 company is only as good as the people it keeps.

Often it's the little, daily decisions – the ones you make hour by hour – that mean the difference between success and failure.

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldnt be able to fly but the bumble bee doesnt know it so it goes on flying anyway.

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.

Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.

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.

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