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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
Mary Kay Ash
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Mary Kay Ash
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 12
Died: 2001
Died: November 22
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Entrepreneur
Mary Kathlyn Wagner
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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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One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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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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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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It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
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