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
It's pretty exciting to take real people living in the real world, their opinions, and have people have to react to 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
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
People assume Wall Street is a certain culture and tech is a certain culture. But if you look at the (gender) numbers… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work… — 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
I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement I think we might have some differences… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
A woman, if you're Most Intelligent or Most Likely to Succeed, that's an embarrassing thing. Or something that's not considered attractive, and… — 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
A lot of people will say, "what's Facebook's business model?" I always find that a kind of funny question. Our business model… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any… — 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
When people are really suffering, and we know they're suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
My goal is very clear, and I wrote about it in Lean In, which is that women run half our companies and… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
At Facebook we feel a lot of affinity not just for this community but for any community that is trying to do… — 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'm a feminist because I believe in women... it's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run… — 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
I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void, the emptiness that fills your heart,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder, but I no longer think that metaphor holds. It just doesn’t make sense in… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
When we get feedback on women, we ask, "Is that real or is that the gender bias at play?" Everyone could start… — 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
