Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
SHERYL SANDBERG
SHERYL SANDBERG
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The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg If you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, ‘I’m awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?’ If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl 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 SandbergSheryl Sandberg It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl 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 SandbergSheryl Sandberg Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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