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Mary Kay Ash
United States
12 May 1918 // 22 Nov 2001
Businesswoman
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On Determination:
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
New York Times (1985)
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On Criticism:
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
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On Praise:
There are two things people want more than sex and money � recognition and praise.
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On Management:
I don't think a manager can work with a person day in and day out and not develop some sort of personal relationship.
On People Management (1984)
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On Idea:
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
On People Management (1984)
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On Failure:
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.
On People Management (1984)
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On Honesty:
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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On Leadership:
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
Mary Kay (1981)
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On Objective:
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise � it makes you stretch.
On People Management (1984)
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On Management:
Sometimes listening itself may not be enough - some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.
On People Management (1984)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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