47 Motivational Sara Blakely Quotes (SUCCESS)

Top 10 Most Famous Sara Blakely Quotes (BEST)

“My dad encouraged us to fail growing up. He would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn’t have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome — failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail.”
Sara Blakely

We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable. — It’s important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become **memorable**.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else. — Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. — Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset.

I’ve always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream. — I’ve always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in **business** settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look. — What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone’s not put a lot of effort into their look.

Differentiate yourself! Why are you different? What's important about you? Why does the customer need you? — Differentiate yourself! Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the **customer** need you?

We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our family and friends. — We don’t have the **luxury** of **time**. We spend more because of how we live, but it’s important to be with our **family** and **friends**.

You've got to visualize where you're headed and be very clear about it. Take a Polaroid picture of where you're going to be in a few years. — You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a Polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.

8 Sara Blakely Quotes on Business Success

“I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people — don’t tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment, it is the most vulnerable – one negative comment could knock you off course.”
Sara Blakely

My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item. — My revenue was $4 million my first year in **business**, off of one $20 item.

Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business. — **Perseverance** is the key to starting a successful **business**.

The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness.

“Don’t solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you’re just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning.”
Sara Blakely

Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away. — **Money** is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.

I feel like money makes you more of who you already are. — I feel like **money** makes you more of who you already are.

My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years.

2 Sara Blakely Quotes on Empowering Women

“I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.”
Sara Blakely

I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. — I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the **opportunity**, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.

7 Inspirational Sara Blakely Quotes About Life

“Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.”
Sara Blakely

Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ is my go-to song to pump myself up if I’m having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech. — Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ is my go-to song to pump myself up if I’m having a tough **time** or if I get really nervous right before a speech.

I think very early on in life we all learn what we’re good at and what we’re not good at, and we stay where it’s safe. — I think very early on in **life** we all learn what we’re good at and what we’re not good at, and we stay where it’s safe.

Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision… Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place. — Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear **vision**… Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.

“Always be kind. Along the way, some people liked me; some people didn’t. As long as I’m in check with my ‘why’ and my purpose, and I know that I have a good intention and I’m being kind, I’ve got to let go of all of that other worry.”
Sara Blakely

The thought of my mortality – I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number’s up. — The thought of my mortality – I think about it a lot. I find it **motivating**. It can be any **time** that your number’s up.

I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let’s bring joy back to the experience. — I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so **purposeful**. Let’s bring joy back to the experience.

11 Motivational Sara Blakely Quotes on Failing

“In business, you’re going to hear the word ‘no’ a lot. The importance of trusting yourself and your own rear end is what’s going to keep you going. Recognize that failure or the word ‘no’ is not the end.”
Sara Blakely

Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear. — Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of **fear**.

I think failure is nothing more than life’s way of nudging you that you are off course. — I think **failure** is nothing more than life’s way of nudging you that you are off course.

There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing What is my gift — There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, ‘Where is the hidden blessing? What is my **gift**?

Failure is not the outcome – failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail. — **Failure** is not the outcome – failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail.

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I’ve worked hard on being a courageous person. — **Courage** is doing something despite the fear, and I’ve worked hard on being a courageous person.

Trusting your gut is like a muscle. The more you do it, the stronger it gets. — **Trusting** your gut is like a muscle. The more you do it, the stronger it gets.

Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school. — Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you **learn** in school.

Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding. — Failure to me became not trying versus not **succeeding**.

The biggest risk in life is not risking.

9 Sara Blakely Quotes on Spanx and Fashion

“I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick – it was like wearing workout clothes and they all had a leg band on one side that showed through the pants.”
Sara Blakely

Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.

I’d never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn’t exist.

“I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department.”
Sara Blakely

If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

I aim to be pretty – I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.

“Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson–from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.”
Sara Blakely

The word ‘Spanx’ was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.

“When I’m bored or tired of being blonde, I’ll throw on a wig. It’s a lot less of a permanent way to change your look, and I have about 10 – all different colors, shapes, bobs, long hair, short, feathered.”
Sara Blakely