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Sheryl Sandberg QUOTES

Sheryl Sandberg QUOTES

1 " When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

2 " The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean in for Graduates: With New Chapters by Experts, Including Find Your First Job, Negotiate Your Salary, and Own Who You Are

3 " We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

4 " In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

5 " I hope you find true meaning, contentment, and passion in your life. I hope you navigate the difficult times and come out with greater strength and resolve. I hope you find whatever balance you seek with your eyes wide open. And I hope that you - yes, you - have the ambition to lean in to your career and run the world. Because the world needs you to change it. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

6 " Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

7 " Why to women have to decide between family and career if men don't even think about it? "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean in for Graduates: With New Chapters by Experts, Including Find Your First Job, Negotiate Your Salary, and Own Who You Are

8 " If we push hard now, this next wave can be the last wave. In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

9 " Show me a woman without guilt and I'll show you a man "

― Sheryl Sandberg

10 " Feeling threatened by others' choices pulls us all down. Instead, we should funnel our energy into breaking this cycle. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

11 " Women can enter (...) negotiations with the knowledge that showing concern for the common good, even as they negotiate for themselves, will strengthen their position. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

12 " 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. When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

13 " I'm sorry if this sounds harsh or surprises anyone, but this is where we are. If you want the outcome to be different, you will have to do something about it. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

14 " It takes a near act of rebellion for even a four-year-old to break away from society's expectations. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

15 " But while compliant, raise-your-hand-and-speak-when-called-on behaviors might be rewarded in school, they are less valued in the workplace. "

― Sheryl Sandberg

16 " Feedback is an opinion, grounded in observations and experiences, which allows us to know what impression we make on others. "

― Sheryl Sandberg

17 " [F]eminism wasn't supposed to make us feel guilty, or prod us into constant competition over who is raising children better, organizing more cooperative marriages, or getting less sleep. It was supposed to make us free -to give us not only choices but the ability to make these choices without constantly feeling that we'd somehow gotten it wrong. "

― Sheryl Sandberg

18 " You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

19 " A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes. I believe that this would be a better world. "

― Sheryl Sandberg

20 " Looking back, it made no sense for my college friends and me to distance ourselves from the hard-won achievements of earlier feminists. We should have cheered their efforts. Instead, we lowered our voices, thinking the battle was over, and with this reticence we hurt ourselves. "

― Sheryl Sandberg