29 Sara Blakely Quotes for You to Enjoy

Sara Blakely

American Businesswoman

Born: Feb 27, 1971

Me Spanx Think Time White You

Related authors: Anne M. Mulcahy Ginni Rometty Kellyanne Conway Mary Kay Ash Melinda Gates Michelle Phan Rachael Ray Sheryl Sandberg

My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And then from noon on he might have some brown rice and some tofu, and then, come eight or nine at night, he orders three mud-pie double-chocolate pieces of cake and eats all three of them. Sara Blakely

Fruit Cake Husband Three Healthy Nine Some Eater Eats Brown Except Never Consumes He Come Pieces Until Noon Eight Anything Orders Rice Them Might Then Sweets Night

Everything in our society is so purposeful. Sara Blakely

Society Our Everything Purposeful

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

Time Myself Yourself Song Nervous Tough Lose Before Pump Having Eminem Tough Time Up Get Really Right Speech

Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art. Sara Blakely

Art Clothes Canvas

I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was like wearing workout clothes and they all had a leg band on one side that showed through the pants. Sara Blakely

Life Time My Life First Band Clothes Side Pants Wearing Horrified Through Had Like First Time Were Leg Body Workout Thick

I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it. Sara Blakely

Day Business People Face Long Pantyhose Kicked Those All Day Out Would Rip Something Could Had Knew Feet Buildings Sell Up Get Wanted Cut Created Card Humbling

You've got to embrace what you don't know. Sara Blakely

You Embrace Know Got

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

Time Clothes Too Out Wear Were Body Figure Thick

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

Job Our Our Lives Manage Really Full-Time Full-Time Job Lives

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up. Sara Blakely

Time Stage Every Every Time Threw Almost Terrified Up

I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them. Sara Blakely

Work White Way Find Trousers Like Looked Underneath Anything Them

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

You Money More Feel Like Makes Who

I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. 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 shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it. Sara Blakely

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

Gave Aim Sexy Pretty Dressing Up Eighties

What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look. Sara Blakely

Fashion Looking Someone Put Look Most Identify Lot Effort Effortless

I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time. Sara Blakely

Time Gratitude Women World Better Opportunity Achieve Think Says Given Potential Pursue Better Place Deliver Had Make Always Lot Women Are Story Place Butt Chance

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

Better Energy Make How Get Where

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 painful system, but shopping is even better when you know that someone else who needs it will be getting. Keep the clothing karma going, I say. Sara Blakely

Buy Needs You Shopping Karma Better Sometimes Will Three New Things Else Say System Someone Give New Know Very Getting Going Where Clothing Painful Who Even Keep Away Things Four

I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment it is the most vulnerable - one negative comment could knock you off course. Sara Blakely

Life You Yourself People Decision Negative Made My Life Enough Back Tell Could Invested Idea Knock Most Until Conception Course Vulnerable Off Comment Person Going Anyone Turn Your Moment Now Conscious Conscious Decision

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. My own butt was my own inspiration! Sara Blakely

Own Control White Pants Pantyhose Top Out Wear My Own Inspiration Feet Spanx Cut Moment Butt Started

Sara Blakely Quotes

No more Sara Blakely quotes