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
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
Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful,… — 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
The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I gave a talk on gender stuff at Facebook one morning and a man didn't come. It was optional; he didn't have… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I'm excited that more people, especially men, are understanding that equality is good for them. I don't want men to want equality… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Facebook is great for women and men. We are enormously flexible. We care a lot about great opportunities for women, we push… — 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
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
We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
As a man gets more successful, powerful, he is more liked, and as a woman gets more successful, she is less liked,… — 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
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'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
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
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
The reason I wrote Lean In is I think people weren't actually noticing that we had stopped making progress. I gave a… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Both men and women react negatively when women negotiate on their own behalf. A man can just negotiate: "I have a better… — 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
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
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
What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I love how when I say the world is still run by men, and sometimes I say the world is still run… — 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
“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
