Sheryl Sandberg

She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Don't make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you're not even conscious you're making.

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Both deaths are woven into the fabric of my life, but they’re not what define me,” she said. “Joy is very important…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“I almost hate to say this, but I am the happiest I have ever been in my life,” she told me. “Sometimes…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Professional ambition is expected of men but is optional—or worse, sometimes even a negative—for women. “She is very ambitious” is not a…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.

— Sheryl Sandberg

“More boys need that role model and that choices. As more women lean in to their careers, more men need to lean…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Part of every misery,” C. S. Lewis wrote, is “misery’s shadow…the fact that you don’t merely suffer but have to keep on thinking…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“When a company lays off employees, those who keep their jobs often struggle with survivor guilt The thought process behind with "It…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“When we are no longer able to change a situation,” psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl observed, “we are challenged to change…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Option A is not available. So let’s just kick the shit out of Option B.” Life is never perfect. We all live…

— Sheryl Sandberg

I want my daughter to have the choice not just to succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.

— Sheryl Sandberg

I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books.

— Sheryl Sandberg

“You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else's point of view (his truth).…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“In many cases, women need to be more open to taking risks in their careers.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“At times, staying in the same functional area and in the same organization creates inertia and limits opportunity to expand.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“One day she woke up and understood we are all in this together.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“I recommend adopting two concurrent goals: a long-term dream and an eighteen-month plan”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“We move closer to the larger goal of true equality with each woman who leans in.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

The most important thing we're doing differently is that we talk openly about gender at Facebook.

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Anyone lucky enough to have options should keep them open. Don't enter the workforce already looking for the exit. Don't put on…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman…

— Sheryl Sandberg