All Sara Blakely Quotes
- It's really a full-time job to manage our lives. Full
- Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away. Fun
- Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art. Art
- 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. Any
- When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we… Bags
- Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better? Better
- 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 same… Call
- 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… Age
- Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful. Incredibly
- Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely… Absolutely
- I cut the feet out of my control top pantyhose to wear under these white pants and that was the ah-ha moment that started Spanx.… Ah
- Trust your gut. Gut
- My training of cold-calling and everyone under the sun telling me no, and my keeping going, was a huge part of the first two years… Calling
- When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self employed… Been
- We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time. Better
- I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping… Control