I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversation from what women can't… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust… — 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
Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men. — 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 attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that - whatever success they have,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are… — 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
You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I… — 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… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I just believed. I believed that the technology would change people's lives. I believed putting real identity online - putting technology behind… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“This is the ultimate chicken and the egg situation. The chicken: Women will tear down the external barriers once we achieve leadership… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“You then will lean way in to your career. You will find something you love doing and you will do it with… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I'd worked on leprosy and malaria in India [at the World Bank] and asked myself the question: Why do we let 2… — 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
When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it's the biggest career decision you can make. — 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
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
“Whoever has the power takes the noun while the less powerful get an adjective. No one wants her achievements modified.We all just… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I am saying that I was able to mold those hours around the needs of my family, and that matters. And I… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and… — 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