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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

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Mary Kay Ash
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 12
Died: 2001
Died: November 22
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Mary Kathlyn Wagner
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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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There are two things people want more than sex and money - recognition and praise.
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Make every day count. Make every hour count. Make every minute count. And don't stop until you have exercised your full potential, realizing your impossible dream and fulfilling your total destiny to become the person that you, and only you , are capable of being.
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God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
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Believe in yourself and know that you can do anything in this world that you want to do if you want to do it badly enough and you are willing to travel the road. Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.
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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.
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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
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Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
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My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.
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Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
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I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind I regard everyone as special. A manager should feel this way about people, but it's an attitude that can't be faked. You've got to be honestly convinced that every human being is important.
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I've never yet met a person who didn't want to be appreciated.
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We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
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There is a way Up, Around, Over or Through
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I believe that you should praise people whenever you can it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.
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