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 SANDBERGWhen 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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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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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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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When people are really suffering, and we know they’re suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.
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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
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Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else’s point of view (his truth). Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others.
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There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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