When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.
SHERYL SANDBERGSpeak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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I’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
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I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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Done is better than perfect.
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When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.
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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.
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Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.
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Build your skills, not your resume.
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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.
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What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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