“We can start by helping children develop four core beliefs: (1) they have some control over their lives; (2) they can learn… — 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
“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
There are really good reasons to leave the workforce or work less or take a different job when you want to be… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.' — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“When children feel comfortable asking for help, they know they matter.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“When children feel comfortable asking for help, they know they matter. They see that others care and want to be there for… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Dave and I had a family ritual at dinner where we’d go around the table with our daughter and son and take… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I think the U.S. needs a better safety net... If you're a single mum or even a dual-parent working family, what do… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“In the United Kingdom, women face wage penalties for time out of the labor force as well, with British mothers' average annual… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We're the only developed country in the world that doesn't have paid maternity leave. Paternity leave is just as important. Paid family… — 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
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 Image
“Reverend Veronica Goines sums this up as, “Peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Survivor guilt is a thief of joy—yet another secondary loss from death.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I am a bigger-picture manager because I've lived through something that's a big picture. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image