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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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 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
We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. — 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
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
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
Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men. — 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
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. — 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
