Women have long powered the direct selling industry. There’s plenty of inspiration to be gained from the words of some of the world’s more prominent female personalities, including QNET’s own leading women.
Ranging from life advice, overcoming doubt and finding balance, the following 25 quotes offer many lessons to take to heart and put into practice as QNET, in its 25th year, looks to empower more women and girls to drive transformative change and realise their entrepreneurial dreams of financial independence.
On Conquering Fear
Whatever your fears, always strive to put one foot in front of the other and move forward. Take it one day at a time, and rest in the knowledge that every new day is a step towards success.
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady of the United States of America
“The very act of doing the thing that scared me undid the fear. It’s amazing the power of one word. ‘Yes’ changed my life. ‘Yes’ changed me.” — Shonda Rhimes, TV screenwriter, producer and author
“The key to my success has always been that my desire to succeed has always been greater than my fear. I’ve been scared to death about a lot of things, but then I think, ‘Okay, you gotta buckle up, girl. You’ve got yourself here, so get out there and just do it.’ And I just ask God to help me, and I follow that light.” — Dolly Parton, iconic country music singer-songwriter
“You have to control your internal thought process. Take a strict decision if you are serious about your dreams.” — V Council Member Pooja Veragiwala
“Fear is nothing. Once you’ve learned and realised that you have everything in you to achieve anything and everything you set your mind and heart into, fear is powerless.” — Malou Caluza, QNET CEO
On Networking
Direct selling, being a business of people, prizes networking. But even as we work with others hand-in-hand and aim to serve the community at large, it’s important to remember that everyone is unique and there may be some who are wary of new connections and/or just need a little time. Always strive to be understanding and patient.
“We need three things to harness the power of people into a successful business: a networker’s head, which gives us the ability to understand our people and their unique strengths, weaknesses and motivations; a networker’s heart, which allows us to love and raise ourselves into able leaders so that we may have the capacity to love others and serve them; and a networker’s hand, which teaches us to help people by adding value to their gifts and driving them to succeed so that they may be inspired to do the same.” ―