Sheryl Sandberg Quotes

Sheryl Sandberg Quotes

Done is better than perfect.

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

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

A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments.

This is the ultimate chicken and the egg situation. The chicken: Women will tear down the external barriers once we achieve leadership roles... The egg: We need to eliminate the external barriers to get women into those roles in the first place. Both sides are right.

I have never met a woman, or man, who stated emphatically, "Yes, I have it all.'" Because no matter what any of us has - and how grateful we are for what we have - no one has it all.

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,

Whoever has the power takes the noun while the less powerful get an adjective. No one wants her achievements modified.We all just want to be the noun.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

We need more men to sit at the table... at the kitchen table.

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