Do what's in front of you as well as possible. Keep going until you realize what you're best at.
Helen Gurley BrownIt's unrealistic to think you can only have one good product. People are not that poor. They can buy what they want.
Helen Gurley BrownSometimes I wonder if I'm doing everyone a disservice by perpetuating the idea that beautiful is better than plain, because having done everything just about that you can do, sparing no expense, and not effort, to become better looking, I know that only so much can be done.
Helen Gurley Brownsome bosses are so greedy (for themselves only) they forget underlings are not thirteenth-century peasants who can be satisfied with a glass of mead and three festivals a year.
Helen Gurley BrownIf you do the best you can, no matter how bad the situation, you probably are going to come out okay.
Helen Gurley BrownI've just been so lucky. I don't know if you're really able to take advantage of your full potential until you're older. There are a few people who are incredibly gifted and make it when they are very young, but I didn't. With women it takes longer. You just keep working and when you finally get it, it feels very, very nice.
Helen Gurley Brown