Estee Lauder

All great things begin with a vision … a dream.

Most good ideas sparkle in simplicity, so much so that everyone wonders why no one ever did that before.

First comes the shy wish. Then you must have the heart to have the dream. Then, you work, and work.

When I thought I couldn’t go on, I forced myself to keep going. My success is based on persistence, not luck.

People do make their luck by daring to follow their instincts, taking risks and embracing every possibility.

I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.

The best way to get a better answer is to start asking a better question.

Everyone lives by selling something.

First they think you’re crazy, then they fight you, and then, all of a sudden, you change the world.

I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.

Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success.

Never, ever give up. There will be times in your life you’ll want to quit, you’ll want to go home, you’ll want to go home perhaps to that wonderful mother that’s sitting back there watching you and say, ‘Mom, I can’t do it. I can’t do it.’ Just never quit. Go back home and tell mom, dad, ‘I can do it, I can do it. I will do it.’ You’re going to be successful.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. It embraces judgment, discernment, comprehension. It is a gestalt or oneness, and integrated wholeness.

Maybe I shouldn’t have these dreams and aspirations. Maybe I should have given up on life ten years ago and stopped fighting for my truth.

Rise early, work hard, strike oil.