Sara Blakely Quotes

Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

Every time something bad happens to me, I don't ask the question, 'Why did it happen to me?' The question I ask is, 'Why did it happen for me?'

When I'm having a tough patch I always try to focus on good things.

Yeah, sometimes life really sucks. But you know what I'm holding on for? The moments that don't suck. The trick is to notice them when they come around.

Every day is amazing, even when it's awful, because everything is for a reason. I know that this horrible thing that's happening today is going to bring something so amazing.

When you face adversity . . . don't' ask: Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this, now? What have I done to cause this? Rather ask: What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial?

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

I don't look at myself as suffering.

I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

We can feel joy even while having a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year!

There is really only one way to deal with Misery. Accept her presence. Like most experiences in life, we must acknowledge the passage gracefully and let her move through our lives because she brings with her a hidden gift.

The more time goes by, the more things will happen to you in your life. And the ability to be positive throughout and look for the good in people, look for the good in situations - it's so important.

There's a blessing in everything that happens to us.

Take everything that's bad in your life and look at the positive within it. Don't ever see your glass as half-empty.

We all go through things in life, and it's just how you deal with it. Try to stay positive throughout the worst.

Although sometimes it's very difficult, if you're willing to look hard enough, you can find positives in every situation.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

One of the finest beliefs I developed years ago that helped me to enjoy all of my life experience was the idea that there are no bad experiences, that no matter what I go through in life - whether it's a challenging experience or a pleasurable one - every experience provides me something of value if I look for it.

We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.

Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.