Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

About Sheryl Sandberg:

Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American technology executive, activist, and author. She is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. In June 2012, she was elected to the board of directors by the existing board members, becoming the first woman to serve on Facebook's board. Before she joined Facebook as its COO, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google and was involved in launching Google's philanthropic arm Google.org. Before Google, Sandberg served as chief of staff for the United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that's partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.

Sheryl Sandberg

But knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.

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What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Sheryl Sandberg

Done is better than perfect.

Sheryl Sandberg

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

Sheryl Sandberg

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

Sheryl Sandberg

Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.... Leaders ...

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If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can . . . and accepting them.

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She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achie...

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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. When it co...

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Many have argued with me that ambition is not the problem. Women are not less ambitious than men, they insist, but more enlightened with different and more meaningful goals. I do not dismiss or dispute this argument. There is far more to life than cl...

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No wonder women don't negotiate as often as men. It's like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels.

Sheryl Sandberg

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

Sheryl Sandberg

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

[Eric Schmidt] explained that only one criterion that mattered when picking a job- fat growth. When companies grow quickly, there are more things to do than there are people to do them. When companies grow more slowly or stop growing, there is less t...

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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,

Sheryl Sandberg

I realized that searching for a mentor has become the professional equivalent of waiting for Prince Charming. We all grew up on the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," which instructs young women that if they just wait for their prince to arrive, they will...

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

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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...

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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

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Author Bio

  • NameSheryl Sandberg
  • DescriptionAmerican technology executive, activist, and author
  • AliasesSheryl Kara Sandberg
  • BornAugust 28, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEconomist; Businessperson
  • WorksLean In
  • AwardsFinancial Times And Goldman Sachs Business Book Of The Year Award; Time 100