As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table.… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground; little girls get called bossy all the time - a word that's… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Every woman I know, particularly the senior ones, has been called too aggressive at work. We know in gender blind studies that… — 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 I wrote 'Lean In,' some people argue that I did not spend enough time writing about the difficulties women face when… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
People think that women don't negotiate because they're not good negotiators, but that's not it. Women don't negotiate because it doesn't work… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I spent most of my career, including my time at McKinsey, never acknowledging that I was a woman. And, you know, fast… — 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
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 believe if we had half our companies and half our countries run by women, and half our homes run by men,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Endless data show that diverse teams make better decisions. We are building products that people with very diverse backgrounds use, and I… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We've ceased making progress at the top in any industry anywhere in the world . In the United States, women have had… — 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
