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 SANDBERGI know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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Give us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I’m pretty sure that would be a better world.
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Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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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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Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.
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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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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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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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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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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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Done is better than perfect.
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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.
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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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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.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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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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I’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.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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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.
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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
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