Mary Kay Ash Quotes
"A company is only as good as the people it keeps."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: People, Company)
"A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Goal, Exercise)
"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Idea, Enthusiasm, Will)
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Flying)
"Criticize the act, not the person."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Act)
"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."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: People, Mind)
"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."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Wisdom, Quality, Banks)
"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."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: People, Company, Cosmetics, Difference)
"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."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Action, Failure)
"Give yourself something to work toward - constantly."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Work)
"Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Success, Honesty, Ability, Confidence)
"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Right)
"Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Right)
"Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Music, People)
"No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Time)
"People fall forward to success."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Success, People)
"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."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Life, Sales, Succeed, Will)
"Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Criticism, Praise)
"So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Women)
"The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Leader)
"There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Money, Sex, People, Praise, Want)
"We fall forward to succeed."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Succeed)
"You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Want, World)
"Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Talent, People)
"We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Work, People, Honor, Royalty, Will)
"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."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: Life, Goal, Purpose)
"Every silver lining has a cloud."
- Mary Kay Ash
"Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people."
- Mary Kay Ash
(Related: People, Forget, Saying)
"Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret."
- Mary Kay Ash