We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
SHERYL SANDBERGI’m a feminist because I believe in women, it’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
-
-
When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
SHERYL SANDBERG -
You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
I tell people in their careers, ‘Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.’
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
SHERYL SANDBERG -
No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Done is better than perfect.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Your life’s course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
SHERYL SANDBERG -
Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
SHERYL SANDBERG