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title: "11 Trying Quotes By Sara Blakely"
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> [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/)

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> [Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/failure-to-me-became-not-trying-versus-not-succeeding/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

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> [Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/failure-is-not-the-outcome-failure-is-not-trying-don-t-be-afraid-to/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/sara-blakely-7253_afraid-to-fail_failure-is-not-the-outcome-failure-is-no_3155414.png)

> [Failures are life's way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/failures-are-life-s-way-of-nudging-you-and-letting-you-know-you-are/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

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> [Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/instead-of-failure-being-the-outcome-failure-became-not-trying-and-it/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/sara-blakely-7253_age_instead-of-failure-being-the-outcome-fai_2447513.png)

> [I would say where I feel like I'm struggling the most in learning and giving myself permission to fail is in finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-would-say-where-i-feel-like-i-m-struggling-the-most-in-learning-and/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/sara-blakely-7253_aspect_i-would-say-where-i-feel-like-i-m-strugg_2096919.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)

> [I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-think-failure-is-nothing-more-than-life-s-way-of-nudging-you-that-2/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/sara-blakely-7253_attitude_i-think-failure-is-nothing-more-than-lif_1897610.png)

> [I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-was-trying-to-convince-all-these-men-to-try-to-make-a-product-that/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/sara-blakely-7253_admitting_i-was-trying-to-convince-all-these-men-t_1344464.png)

> [I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/i-failed-the-lsat-basically-if-i-had-not-failed-i-d-have-been-a/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/sara-blakely-7253_attached_i-failed-the-lsat-basically-if-i-had-not_2001849.png)

> [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/)

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## Other authors on Trying

## 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/)

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