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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
Fail
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Failing
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People
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In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.
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Most of us die with our music underplayed...We should try to step out of our comfort zones and do the things we're capable of.
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Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.
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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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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
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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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So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.
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You cannot keep determined people for success.
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A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn't have this spirit, chances are you won't find it anywhere else in the organization.
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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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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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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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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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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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Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.
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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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