“the ambition to lean in to your career and run the world. Because the world needs you to change it. Women all… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“It's easy to dislike senior women because there are so few. If women held 50 percent of the top jobs, it would… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Within traditional institutions, success has often been contingent upon a woman not speaking out but fitting in, or more colloquially, being "one… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
As a country and as a world, we are not comfortable with women in leadership roles. We call little girls bossy. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I think we would be stronger if half our countries and companies were run by women and half our homes were run… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
There's a lot that needs to be fixed in dating for men and women in the U.S. - there's a lot of… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I spent most of my career in business not saying the word 'woman.' Because if you say the word 'woman' in a… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Today, despite all of the gains we have made, neither men nor women have real choice. Until women have supportive employers and… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
All of us want the same things. We want to be good to the people around us and for our lives to… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Career progression often depends upon taking risks and advocating for oneself—traits that girls are discouraged from exhibiting. This may explain why girls’… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“I believe we have sent the wrong message to young women. We need to stop telling them, “Get a mentor and you… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
In those same 10 years, women are getting more and more of the graduate degrees, more and more of the undergraduate degrees,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Millennial women are less likely than Millennial men to agree that the statement "I aspire to a leadership role in whatever field… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Professor Gruenfeld was able to explain the price women pay for success. “Our entrenched cultural ideas associate men with leadership qualities and… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“This helps explain why for many women, speaking honestly in a professional environment carries an additional set of fears: Fear of not… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Go to a playground: Little girls get called 'bossy' all the time, a word that's almost never used for boys. And that… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I want women to get paid more. I want to teach them to negotiate so they get paid more. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
When we get feedback on women, we ask, "Is that real or is that the gender bias at play?" Everyone could start… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We need to talk more openly about mentorships and sponsorships. Women don't get the mentoring, and particularly the sponsors, they need to… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“As activist Marlo Thomas wryly joked on Equal Pay Day 2011, “Forty years and eighteen cents. A dozen eggs have gone up… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Women need to shift form thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Men can comfortably claim credit for what they do as long as they don't veer into arrogance. For women, taking credit comes… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I'm a feminist because I believe in women... it's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“A feminist is someone who believes in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
The things that hold women back, hold them back from sitting at the boardroom table and they hold women back from speaking… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Without fear, women can pursue professional success and personal fulfillment-and freely choose one, or the other, or both. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this... because we… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Give us a world where half our homes are run by men, and half our institutions are run by women. I'm pretty… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Conditions for all women will improve when there are more women in leadership roles giving strong and powerful voice to their needs… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We have to ask ourselves if we have become so focused on supporting personal choices that we're failing to encourage women to… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Still, my argument was that if she was going to work for the next 30 years, what difference does "going back" 4 years really… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
“Reverend Veronica Goines sums this up as, “Peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
“[Eric Schmidt] explained that only one criterion that mattered when picking a job- fat growth. When companies grow quickly, there are more things to… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
Go to a playground: Little girls get called 'bossy' all the time, a word that's almost never used for boys. And that leads directly… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
“One of my favorite quotes comes from author Alice Walker, who observed, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
“When I wrote Lean In, some people argued that I did not spend enough time writing about the difficulties women face when they don’t… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
“Survivor guilt is a thief of joy—yet another secondary loss from death.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
I am a bigger-picture manager because I've lived through something that's a big picture. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-ori ented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
Men can comfortably claim credit for what they do as long as they don't veer into arrogance. For women, taking credit comes at a… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
“As Helen Keller put it, “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
“Forty percent of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, and about 50 percent of employed mothers are unable to take time off… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share
