Top 90 Mary Kay Ash Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “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.”

— Mary Kay Ash

52. “When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice.”

— Mary Kay Ash

53. “Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.”

— Mary Kay Ash

54. “I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind I regard everyone as special.”

— Mary Kay Ash

55. “Some of the most successful people managers are also the best listeners.”

— Mary Kay Ash

56. “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.”

— Mary Kay Ash

57. “You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you’re willing to pay the price.”

— Mary Kay Ash

58. “Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.”

— Mary Kay Ash

59. “Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.”

— Mary Kay Ash

60. “Criticize the act, not the person.”

— Mary Kay Ash

61. “By trying to live Christmas 12 months a year, we CAN make this world a better place to live – for others and for ourselves.”

— Mary Kay Ash

62. “I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.”

— Mary Kay Ash

63. “I’ve often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics; we are changing lives.”

— Mary Kay Ash

64. “Think in terms of what’s good for the other person and success will seek you out.”

— Mary Kay Ash

65. “We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.”

— Mary Kay Ash

66. “Hope is wishing for something to come true. Faith is belief that it will come true. Believe that for every problem God gives you, He will also provide you with a solution.”

— Mary Kay Ash

67. “One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.”

— Mary Kay Ash

68. “If you’re good to your staff when things are going well, they’ll rally when times go bad.”

— Mary Kay Ash

69. “If I’m talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we’re the only ones present. I shut out everything else. I look directly at the person. Even if a gorilla were to walk into the room, I probably wouldn’t notice it.”

— Mary Kay Ash

70. “Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.”

— Mary Kay Ash

71. “Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.”

— Mary Kay Ash

72. “People will support that which they help to create.”

— Mary Kay Ash

73. “So many women just don’t know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.”

— Mary Kay Ash

74. “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.”

— Mary Kay Ash

75. “While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.”

— Mary Kay Ash

76. “In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.”

— Mary Kay Ash

77. “Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.”

— Mary Kay Ash

78. “The greatest polution problem we face today is negativity.”

— Mary Kay Ash

79. “Dare to risk public criticism.”

— Mary Kay Ash

80. “A woman who will tell her age, will tell anything.”

— Mary Kay Ash

81. “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.”

— Mary Kay Ash

82. “Central banks don’t have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.”

— Mary Kay Ash

83. “You cannot keep determined people for success.”

— Mary Kay Ash

84. “Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they’re thinking.”

— Mary Kay Ash

85. “What’s interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.”

— Mary Kay Ash

86. “I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.”

— Mary Kay Ash

87. “Everyone wears a sign that says “Make me feel important.”

— Mary Kay Ash

88. “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.”

— Mary Kay Ash

89. “There’s a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.”

— Mary Kay Ash

90. “Return telephone calls promptly but be judicious about the time spent on the phone.”

— Mary Kay Ash

91. “Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.”

— Mary Kay Ash

92. “What the world thinks of me is none of my business.”

— Mary Kay Ash