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People fail forward to success.

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
Inspiration
Success
People
Addiction
Fail
Forward
Failing

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One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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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.
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Fear is faith that it won't work.
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There is a way Up, Around, Over or Through
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My company mascot is the bumblebee. Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyways.
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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.
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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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Fake it till you make it.
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There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.
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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.
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Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.
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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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By trying to live Christmas 12 months a year, we CAN make this world a better place to live - for others and for ourselves.
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God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
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