--- title: "3 Disappointed Quotes By Sara Blakely" description: "3 Disappointed quotes by Sara Blakely. Plus more from Sara Blakely and more Disappointed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/sara-blakely-7253_age_my-dad-encouraged-us-to-fail-growing-up_1526411.jpg" --- > [My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/my-dad-encouraged-us-to-fail-growing-up-he-would-ask-us-what-we/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/sara-blakely-7253_age_my-dad-encouraged-us-to-fail-growing-up_1526411.jpg) > [When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/when-i-was-a-child-my-father-used-to-encourage-my-brother-and-me-to/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/sara-blakely-7253_asking_when-i-was-a-child-my-father-used-to-enc_1617470.jpg) > [When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/when-i-was-growing-up-my-dad-would-encourage-my-brother-and-i-to-fail/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/sara-blakely-7253_age_when-i-was-growing-up-my-dad-would-encou_3191797.png) ## Other authors on Disappointed - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-m-f-moonzajer-244.jpg) M.F. Moonzajer 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/m-f-moonzajer/) - [Samuel Johnson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/samuel-johnson/) - [Mark Twain 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-sylvia-plath-88486.jpg) Sylvia Plath 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/sylvia-plath/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-carlin-37578.jpg) George Carlin 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/george-carlin/) ## More by Sara Blakely > [I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-always-joke-and-say-i-want-to-invent-a-comfortable-stiletto-and/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/with-every-obstacle-that-has-happened-to-me-in-my-life-my-brain/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/when-i-cut-the-feet-out-of-my-pantyhose-that-one-time-i-saw-it-as-my/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/my-saddlebags-are-why-spanx-exist-now-that-i-have-a-baby-i-also-have/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [In the next decade, I see Spanx going worldwide. Everywhere. No butt left behind. It's going to be all over the world and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/in-the-next-decade-i-see-spanx-going-worldwide-everywhere-no-butt/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/within-the-first-year-of-launching-my-company-spanx-i-decided-to-go/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/having-a-mental-snapshot-of-where-you-are-where-you-are-going-and/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/everything-about-my-journey-to-get-spanx-off-the-ground-entailed-me/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/failure-is-not-attached-to-outcome-but-in-not-trying-this-way-it-is/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/it-s-really-a-full-time-job-to-manage-our-lives/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-cut-the-feet-out-of-control-top-pantyhose-one-night-threw-them-on/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/don-t-let-what-you-don-t-know-scare-you-because-it-can-become-your/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-think-my-story-says-that-when-women-are-given-the-chance-and-the/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/the-thought-of-my-mortality-i-think-about-it-a-lot-i-find-it/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) > [I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-have-this-system-where-if-i-buy-three-or-four-new-things-i-give/) [Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/sara-blakely/#itemlist", "name": "3 Disappointed Quotes By Sara Blakely", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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