Estee Lauder

All great things begin with a vision … a dream.

Business is there if you go after it.

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.

Risk-taking is the cornerstone of empires.

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

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

Vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

I was once afraid of people saying ‘Who does she think she is?’ Now I have the courage to stand and say, ‘This is who I am.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of per sistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail.

It takes no compromise to give people their rights … it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give them freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.

If you really believe it – go for it.

It’s important that you learn to be an entrepreneur or an investor…. Not a saver!

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Hope will never be silent.

When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.