--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Mary Kay Ash" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Mary Kay Ash. Plus more from Mary Kay Ash and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/mary-kay-ash-3346_communication_sometimes-listening-itself-may-not-be-en_14347.jpg" --- > [Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/sometimes-listening-itself-may-not-be-enough-some-people-must-be/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/mary-kay-ash-3346_communication_sometimes-listening-itself-may-not-be-en_14347.jpg) > [Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/never-give-up-because-you-never-know-if-the-next-try-is-going-to-be/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/mary-kay-ash-3346_giving_never-give-up-because-you-never-know-if_1221055.jpg) > [If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/if-you-re-good-to-your-staff-when-things-are-going-well-they-ll-rally/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/mary-kay-ash-3346_bad-times_if-you-re-good-to-your-staff-when-things_2670629.jpg) > [Your attitude determines your altitude. It really is true that If you think you can, you can; and if you think you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/your-attitude-determines-your-altitude-it-really-is-true-that-if-you/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/mary-kay-ash-3346_attitude_your-attitude-determines-your-altitude-i_1803849.jpg) > [A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn't have this spirit, chances are you won't find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/a-risk-taking-environment-starts-at-the-top-of-a-corporation-if-the/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/mary-kay-ash-3346_business_a-risk-taking-environment-starts-at-the_1055467.jpg) > [An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/an-average-person-with-average-talents-and-ambition-and-average/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mary-kay-ash-3346_ambition_an-average-person-with-average-talents-a_1102991.jpg) > [If you have an idea and I have an idea - then we EACH have JUST ONE idea...but if you share your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/if-you-have-an-idea-and-i-have-an-idea-then-we-each-have-just-one/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/mary-kay-ash-3346_ideas_if-you-have-an-idea-and-i-have-an-idea-t_505667.jpg) > [Remember, if you do the things you ought to do when you ought to do them, then someday you can do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/remember-if-you-do-the-things-you-ought-to-do-when-you-ought-to-do/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/mary-kay-ash-3346_boldness_remember-if-you-do-the-things-you-ought_1996974.jpg) > [Believe in yourself and know that you can do anything in this world that you want to do if you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/believe-in-yourself-and-know-that-you-can-do-anything-in-this-world/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/mary-kay-ash-3346_believe_believe-in-yourself-and-know-that-you-ca_1477272.jpg) > [Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/be-a-dreamer-have-a-sense-of-greatness-it-has-been-said-that-if-you/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/mary-kay-ash-3346_believe_be-a-dreamer-have-a-sense-of-greatness-i_1670829.jpg) > [It is important for you to have a goal. You simply can't get there if you don't know where you are going.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/it-is-important-for-you-to-have-a-goal-you-simply-can-t-get-there-if/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/mary-kay-ash-3346_ability_it-is-important-for-you-to-have-a-goal-y_1960504.jpg) > [The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/the-greatest-pollution-problem-we-face-today-is-negativity-eliminate/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/mary-kay-ash-3346_attitude_the-greatest-pollution-problem-we-face-t_3160329.jpg) > [You are the only boss you have. And I want you to be the most demanding boss that you can be. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/you-are-the-only-boss-you-have-and-i-want-you-to-be-the-most/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/mary-kay-ash-3346_boss_you-are-the-only-boss-you-have-and-i-wan_2649627.jpg) > [If you are an entrepreneur planning to start your own company, I can't think of a better place to begin than by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/if-you-are-an-entrepreneur-planning-to-start-your-own-company-i-can-t/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/mary-kay-ash-3346_better-place_if-you-are-an-entrepreneur-planning-to-s_1497206.jpg) > [The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/the-definition-of-successful-people-is-simply-ordinary-people-with/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/mary-kay-ash-3346_block_the-definition-of-successful-people-is-s_1061384.jpg) > [I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/i-put-a-lot-of-emphasis-on-how-to-treat-people-the-reason-for-this-is/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/mary-kay-ash-3346_aspect_i-put-a-lot-of-emphasis-on-how-to-treat_20924.jpg) > [If I'm talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we're the only ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/if-i-m-talking-to-someone-in-a-crowded-room-i-try-to-make-this-person/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/mary-kay-ash-3346_crowded_if-i-m-talking-to-someone-in-a-crowded-r_2783191.jpg) > [I believe that there is no such thing as a subordinate. If the air-conditioning ceases to work in our building, then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/i-believe-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-subordinate-if-the-air/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/mary-kay-ash-3346_air_i-believe-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as_2532187.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Mary Kay Ash > [Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/sometimes-listening-itself-may-not-be-enough-some-people-must-be/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our personal lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/i-put-a-lot-of-emphasis-on-how-to-treat-people-the-reason-for-this-is/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/god-does-not-ask-your-ability-or-your-inability-he-asks-only-your/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [My priorities have always been God first, family second, career third. I have found that when I put my life in this order, everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/my-priorities-have-always-been-god-first-family-second-career-third-i/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/if-you-think-you-can-you-can-and-if-you-think-you-can-t-you-re-right/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [Many women have made the mistake of changing their beliefs to accommodate their work; it must be the other way around. No circumstance is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/many-women-have-made-the-mistake-of-changing-their-beliefs-to/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [I've often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics; we are changing lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/i-ve-often-said-that-we-are-doing-something-far-more-important-than/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/everyone-wants-to-be-appreciated-so-if-you-appreciate-someone-don-t/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/honesty-is-the-cornerstone-of-all-success-without-which-confidence/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [Individuals sometimes feel insignificant and doubt that one person can really make a difference in this world. Well, believe me, one person can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/individuals-sometimes-feel-insignificant-and-doubt-that-one-person/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/what-s-interesting-about-subscribing-to-a-life-of-giving-is-that-you/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [God first, family second, career third](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/god-first-family-second-career-third/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/while-clothes-may-not-make-the-woman-they-certainly-have-a-strong/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person’s neck that says ‘Make me feel important,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/i-have-learned-to-imagine-an-invisible-sign-around-each-person-s-neck/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) > [God didn't have time to make a nobody, only a somebody.I believe that each of us has God-given talents within us waiting to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/god-didn-t-have-time-to-make-a-nobody-only-a-somebody-i-believe-that/) [Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/mary-kay-ash/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Mary Kay Ash", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out 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