Estee Lauder

All great things begin with a vision … a dream.

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.

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

Risk-taking is the cornerstone of empires.

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

Business is there if you go after it.

Your biggest risk isn’t failing, it’s getting too comfortable.

If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.

Yes, we can

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.

Most people go along with the crowd. They do things because everybody else does it.

You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities – always see them, for they are always there.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they’ll be there for you.

If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.