Helena Rubinstein Quotes

100 Helena Rubinstein Quotes

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Nothing that is worthwhile comes easily…
Helena Rubinstein

I wanted to show my family and the world what I could do.
Helena Rubinstein

Although days only have 24 hours, I worked 50!
Helena Rubinstein

Beauty is power.
Helena Rubinstein

That was the only amount I ever borrowed. But I never regretted it. And I was able to pay it back with interest a few months later.
Helena Rubinstein

Some women won’t buy anything unless they can pay a lot.
Helena Rubinstein

I know a good thing when I hear it…
Helena Rubinstein

Take advantage of the situation. Every situation.
Helena Rubinstein

Say less rather than more. If you want to be smart, play stupid.
Helena Rubinstein

Real estate is a good thing to have.
Helena Rubinstein



A good free write-up is worth ten ads…
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I like fast decisions.
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Work has been… my best beauty treatment.
Helena Rubinstein

Hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit.
Helena Rubinstein

Hard work… It certainly keeps a woman alive!
Helena Rubinstein

Ideas, ideas, that’s what we need.
Helena Rubinstein

Small change makes large sums.
Helena Rubinstein

I worked and worked. Although days only have 24 hours, I worked 50! Imagine, not only did I prepare my creams by hand, I also put them in pots, stuck on the labels – and then sold them. I did the publicity, I went from store to store with my products. At that time, pharmacies were the only outlets. I went to six in a week, eight the next week. Luckily, I wasn’t lacking for energy.
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There’s nothing like a clever stunt to get something off the ground.
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I’m a business woman, I’m used to buying in bulk.
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I am a merchant.
Helena Rubinstein

[On Charles Revson and pointing to his headquarters which were across the street from her] The Nail Man’s busy in there, copying us… I swear!
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[On Revlon] They’re nothing but copy-cats. I call it downright dishonest.
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[In 1966] It was not easy being a hard-working woman in a man’s world many years ago.
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I firmly believe that nothing that is worthwhile comes easily, and if I was lucky in not having to wait long for success, I more than made up for it by working eighteen hours out of every twenty-four.
Helena Rubinstein

My only recreation is work.
Helena Rubinstein

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist. Adjust your makeup to the light in which you wear it. Daylight reveals colour; artificial light drains it.
Helena Rubinstein

My life seems to have contained enough events, great and small, enough stress and strain to fill a half-dozen normal lives.
Helena Rubinstein

Work has been indeed my best beauty treatment. I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit. It helps to keep a woman young.
Helena Rubinstein

If I hadn’t done it, someone else would have.
Helena Rubinstein



When I was very young I already had to help my mother control the rebellious little troop. When you’re the eldest of eight girls, you get into the habit of running things.
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I was the one who had to intervene and mediate between my younger sisters and our parents, which is the best training I could have had for managing my future employees.
Helena Rubinstein

[As a 12 year old girl] Shh, Shh, silence! Papa will punish you. And if he doesn’t, I swear that I will!
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[On moving out of home] Nothing ever changes. If I stay here I will die.
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[On Charles Revson] The Nail King had very ordinary taste… but then that’s why he’s so successful.
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The cosmetic business is interesting among modern industries in its opportunities for women. Here they have found a field that is their own province – working for women with women, and giving that which only women can give – intimate understanding of feminine needs and feminine desires.
Helena Rubinstein

I am a merchant. To be a good merchant you need a sharp eye. I know a good thing when I hear it and I like quick decisions. Take advantage of the situation. Every situation. That and hard work.
Helena Rubinstein

When you need work, take anything you can get. Then you can improve yourself.
Helena Rubinstein

Listen. Say less rather than more. If you want to be smart, play stupid. Take a walk around the building. Find things out. That’s how you’ll learn.
Helena Rubinstein

I always lived over the shops until we expanded and I was forced to move into apartments. So I bought the apartments. Next I bought the buildings. Then I built the neighbouring buildings. Why not? Real estate is a good thing to have.
Helena Rubinstein



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