Our aspirations are really for women to be in half the leadership roles and men to be doing half the work of… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“past my own feelings of guilt and insecurity, I feel grateful. These parents—mostly mothers—constitute a large amount of” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Men feel like they can be a professional and a father. For women it's "or." That's offensive to me. The concept that… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Guilt management can be just as important as time management for mothers. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Guilt management can be just as important as time management for mothers. (p.138)” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“In fact, these “bad mother with a briefcase” images are so prevalent that writer Jessica Valenti collected them in a funny and… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options:… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Success for me is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
...parents who work outside the home are still capable of giving their children a loving and secure childhood. Some data even suggest… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I think now is our time. My mother was told by everyone that she had two choices: She could be a nurse… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Two out of ten U.S. children of all backgrounds live in poverty, and one-third of black and close to one-third of Latino… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Building resilience depends on the opportunities children have and the relationships they form with parents, caregivers, teachers, and friends. We can start… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Malala then shared her own gratitude story. She told us that after she was shot by the Taliban, her mother started giving… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“While they suffered an irreparable loss, my children are still fortunate. Nothing will bring their father back, but our circumstances have softened… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“It’s not only working parents who are looking for more hours in the day; people without children are also overworked, maybe to… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Adam wondered where Tim got his resilience. Tim said it began with his parents. Tim's dad had a knack for reframing painful… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“One of the immediate questions new parents face is who will provide primary care for a child. The historical choice has been… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Forty percent of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, and about 50 percent of employed mothers are unable to take… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“About 41 percent of mothers are primary breadwinners and earn the majority of their family’s income. Another 23 percent of mothers are… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Although pundits and politicians, usually male, often claim that motherhood is the most important and difficult work of all, women who take… — 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
