Sara Blakely

I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and…

— Sara Blakely

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

— Sara Blakely

Ideas, even million-dollar ones, are most vulnerable in their infancy; don't share them with too many people. However, don't hide your plan…

— Sara Blakely

I'm just like so many women - I was frustrated, I had these white pants that I had spent a lot of…

— Sara Blakely

I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to…

— Sara Blakely

I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they…

— Sara Blakely

Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that…

— Sara Blakely

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

— 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…

— Sara Blakely

When something I can't control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?

— Sara Blakely

It's the power of the brand. We've never formally advertised.

— Sara Blakely

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have…

— Sara Blakely

The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me…

— Sara Blakely

I'm obsessed with the customer. I am the customer. I really don't think you can go wrong if you don't take your…

— Sara Blakely

When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of…

— Sara Blakely

What you don’t know can be your greatest asset

— Sara Blakely

We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our…

— Sara Blakely

I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.

— Sara Blakely

Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in…

— Sara Blakely

I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was…

— Sara Blakely

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

— Sara Blakely

I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.

— Sara Blakely

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

— 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…

— Sara Blakely

Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding

— Sara Blakely