Sara Blakely

Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding

— Sara Blakely

Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better?

— Sara Blakely

It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.

— Sara Blakely

Embrace what you don't know

— Sara Blakely

What you don’t know can be your greatest asset

— Sara Blakely

Everything in our society is so purposeful.

— Sara Blakely

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know.

— Sara Blakely

Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset.

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.

— Sara Blakely

Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

— Sara Blakely

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…

— Sara Blakely

With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting…

— 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 knew that I wanted to start my own business. I knew that I wanted to work for myself. I was no…

— Sara Blakely

I cut the feet out of my control top pantyhose to wear under these white pants and that was the ah-ha moment…

— Sara Blakely

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…

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that…

— Sara Blakely

Most of us want to tell our coworkers or friends, or husbands or wives, our ideas. For what reason? We want validation.…

— Sara Blakely

I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and…

— Sara Blakely

My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And…

— 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'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling…

— Sara Blakely

Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can…

— 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

Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the…

— Sara Blakely

When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner…

— Sara Blakely

You’ve got to embrace what you don’t know.

— Sara Blakely

I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely

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

— Sara Blakely