black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

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 SANDBERG

Change Ignorance Motivational Strong Voice Women
In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Change Empowerment Future Leadership Transformation
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.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Need Ourselves Phone Success White Woman
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

Ambition Equality Opinion Smart Time Women Work
So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Afraid Brave Myself Yourself
We need to stop telling [women], “Get a mentor and you will excel.” Instead, we need to tell them, “Excel and you will get a mentor.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Mentor Need Stop Women Yourself
Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Change Female Leadership. Comfortable Need
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 SANDBERG

Goodness Help Job Men Women
We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Company Different Focus Growth Oneself
Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Best Frustration Perfection Worst
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Leadership Presence Result Success
Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Advice Control Decision Oneself
It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Herself Leadership Visual Wait
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.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Dream Hard Work Myself People
The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Career Decision Important Life Relationship
When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Company People Value Worth Yourself

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes