Estee Lauder

All great things begin with a vision … a dream.

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

Each businessperson must find a style, that voice that grows clearer and louder with each success and failure. Observing your own and your competitors’ successes and failures makes your inner business voice more sure and vivid.

I am a visceral person by nature. I act on instinct, quickly, without pondering possible disaster and without indulging in deep introspection.

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

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

Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature. Be better than anyone here. And don’t give a damn what anyone thinks.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

What I really want out of life is to discover something new, something that mankind didn’t know was possible to do.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what’s really going on to be scared.

And if it can’t be fun, what’s the point?

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stressed; working hard for something we love is called passion.

When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards!

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

When you want to express yourself, a lot of times words can get in the way.

It’s not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

I believe in the Golden Rule. The Man with the Gold, Rules.