Mary Kay was the wholesome personification of the American dream. For women everywhere, she brought the impossible dream to life by making it a reality. She was a very wise lady. She was a people person. She was very sensitive to the importance of recognizing people.

Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.

You'll never meet a happy ungrateful person, or an unhappy grateful person because gratitude and happiness go together. Sometimes happiness precedes gratitude but often gratitude precedes happiness. The latter is achieved by realising things could be worse but aren't and so feeling relieved, grateful and happy.

Effort is the key, but direction and loyalty are paramount.

When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.