Sheryl Sandberg Quotes

"Option A is not available. so let's just kick the shit out of Option B."

Life is never perfect. We all live some form of Option B.

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 achievers, even experts in their fields, women can't seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are- impostors with limited skills or abilities.

When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.

"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."

"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 be kissed and whisked away on a white horse to live happily ever after. Now young women are told that if they can just find the right mentor, they will be pushed up the ladder and whisked away to the corner office to live happily ever after. Once again, we are teaching women to be too dependent on others."

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

We must raise both the ceiling and the floor.

A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.

we compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet

Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized.

So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren't afraid? And then go do it.

The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options

Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. Female accomplishments come at a cost.

Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.