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
I am saying that I was able to mold those hours around the needs of my family, and that matters. And I… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books. — 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
You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I… — 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
The things that hold women back, hold them back from sitting at the boardroom table and they hold women back from speaking… — 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
My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversation from what women can't… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We have to work on treating ourselves like we would treat our friends. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it's the biggest career decision you can make. — 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
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
I want people to help take care of each other at work. That's what I want. Do you know how many hours… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set… — 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
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
“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
