Sheryl Sandberg Quotes

American technology executive, activist, and author

Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969) is an American technology executive, philanthropist, and writer. Sandberg served as chief operating officer (COO) of Meta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022. She is also the founder of LeanIn.Org. In 2008, she was made COO at Facebook, becoming the company's second-highest ranking official. In June 2012, she was elected to Facebook's board of directors, becoming the first woman to serve on its board.

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We find our humanity — our will to live and our ability to love — in our connections to one another.

We see the potential for good in others and gain hope that we can survive and rebuild.

What is your biggest problem, and how can I solve it?

In his latest book, General Colin Powell explains that his vision of leadership rejects “busy bastards” who put in long hours at the office without realizing the impact they have on their staff.

My generation fought so hard to give all of you choices. We believe in choices. But choosing to leave the workforce was not the choice we thought so many of you would make.”2 So

Women are given messages all through their lives that they shouldn’t lead.

skill with knowledge and effort. If women want to succeed more at

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.” For

The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn’t go our way,” he said. “There are always things you can do better. It’s a game of mistakes.” Sports

The first noble truth of Buddhism is that all life involves suffering.

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.

From the moment we are born, boys and girls are treated differently.19 Parents tend to talk to girl babies more than boy babies.20 Mothers overestimate the crawling ability of their sons and underestimate the crawling ability of their daughters.21 Reflecting the belief that girls need to be helped more than boys, mothers often spend more time comforting and hugging infant girls and more time watching infant boys play by themselves.

grounded hope” — the understanding that if you take action you can make things better.

The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don't expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don't.

When we say choice, we mean women get to choose to work or have families. We don’t mean men choose to work or have families.