Mary Kay Ash Biography | Inspiration Quotations | Motivation Quotes

Mary Kay Ash Motivational Quotations:

• “The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.”

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

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

•  “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.”

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

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

• “Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.”

•  “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.”

•  “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.”

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

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

•  “Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.”

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

• “Every silver lining has a cloud.”

•  “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.”

•  “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.”

• “We fall forward to succeed.”

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

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

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

• “Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.”​

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

• “People fall forward to success.”

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

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

•  “A company is only as good as the people it keeps.”

• “Criticize the act, not the person.”

•  “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.”

• “Dare to risk public criticism.”