Sara Blakely Quotes

I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.

In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.

I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.

Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

I like to do something I fear.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.