Estee Lauder

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

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

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

Business is there if you go after it.

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.

The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.

Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made courageous decision.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength.

Keep on trying… each failure is one step closer to a success.

You’ve got to say, “I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough, I can have it.” It’s called perseverance.

Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.

There is no dream you can’t achieve. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don’t misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.

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!

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

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

Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.