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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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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.
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Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.
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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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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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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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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.
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You never really fail until you stop wanting.
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Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.
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Fear is faith that it won't work.
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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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We fall forward to succeed.
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Some people drift through their entire life. They do it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. It happens so gradually they are unaware of how their lives are slipping away until it's too late.
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My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared
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Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings.
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I wasn't that interested in the dollars-and-cents part of business. My interest in starting Mary Kay Inc. was to offer women opportunities that didn't exist anywhere else.
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If you are an entrepreneur planning to start your own company, I can't think of a better place to begin than by operating your business by the Golden Rule. Make this a high priority never make a decision that contradicts the Golden Rule.
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Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
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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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