40 Uplifting Sara Blakely Quotes

“Don’t let what you don’t know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset.” – Sara Blakely. Here are 40 Uplifting Sara Blakely Quotes.

1. “Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding.” – Sara Blakely

2. “If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.” – Sara Blakely

3. “When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and he would ask, ‘So what did you guys fail at this week?’ If we didn’t have something to contribute, he would be disappointed. When I did fail at something, he’d high-five me. What I didn’t realize at the time was that he was completely re-framing my definition of failure at a young age. To me, failure means not trying; failure isn’t the outcome. If I have to look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘I didn’t try that because I was scared,’ that is failure.” – Sara Blakely

4. “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 would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.” – Sara Blakely

5. “Most of us want to tell our coworkers or friends, or husbands or wives, our ideas. For what reason? We want validation. But I feel ideas are most vulnerable in their infancy. Out of love and concern, friends and family give all the reasons or objections on why you shouldn’t do it. I didn’t want to risk that.” – Sara Blakely

6. “I couldn’t figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.” – Sara Blakely

7. “I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.” – Sara Blakely

8. “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 be doing things different from everybody else.” – Sara Blakely

9. “When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?” – Sara Blakely

10. “When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of asking about the best part of our day, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn’t have something to tell him, he would be disappointed. When we shared whatever failure we’d endured, he’d high-five us and say, ‘Way to go!’ The gift my father gave us by doing this was redefining what failure truly meant.” – Sara Blakely

11. “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 be in a few years.” – Sara Blakely

12. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” – Sara Blakely

13. “Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.” – Sara Blakely

14. “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 further out of my comfort zone.” – Sara Blakely

15. “We don’t have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it’s important to be with our family and friends.” – Sara Blakely

16. “I think failure is nothing more than life’s way of nudging you that you are off course.” – Sara Blakely

17. “I’d never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn’t exist.” – Sara Blakely

18. “Failure is not the outcome – failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail.” – Sara Blakely

19. “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 nervous right before a speech.” – Sara Blakely

20. “My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the customer need you?” – Sara Blakely

31. “Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I’ve worked hard on being a courageous person.” – Sara Blakely

32. “Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision… Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.” – Sara Blakely

33. “The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness.” – Sara Blakely

34. “What you don’t know can be your greatest asset.” – Sara Blakely

35. “With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business and growing a business, every day is learning how to manage obstacles.” – Sara Blakely

36. “If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you’ve got to let it go.” – Sara Blakely

37. “I didn’t want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.” – Sara Blakely

38. “I feel like money makes you more of who you already are.” – Sara Blakely

39. “Embrace what you don`t know.” – Sara Blakely

40. “It’s important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.” – Sara Blakely