“I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void, the emptiness that fills your heart, your lungs, constricts your ability to think or even breathe. Or you can try to find meaning. These past thirty days, I have spent many of my moments lost in that void. And I know that many future moments will be consumed by the vast emptiness as well. But when I can, I want to choose life and meaning.” ThinkingKnowsWantGivingTryingWellsHeartI CanMomentsPastChoicesLostAbilityTragedyBreatheThirtyEmptinessVoidLungsConsumedFind MeChoose Life Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.” WorldTodayMotherChoicesInspiringRoomsCareersLuckyGrandmotherMothers DayAdmittingCareers Choices Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.” WantYearsHomeMotherChoicesThreeFiveSonSucceedDaughterAccomplishmentFive YearsMy DaughterMy SonThree YearsWorkforceFive Year OldsThree Year Olds Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“I don't hold myself out as a role model. I don't believe that everyone should make the same choices; that everyone has to want to be a CEO, or everyone should want to be a work-at-home mother. I want everyone to be able to choose. But I want us to be able to choose unencumbered by gender choosing for us.” WantShouldBelieveHomeAbleMotherChoicesRolesModelsDon't BelieveGenderRole ModelsCeo Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“There are really good reasons to leave the workforce or work less or take a different job when you want to be with your children. I just want women - and men - to make that choice once they have the child. Not years in advance, because... they don't get the right opportunities. They give up before they even start.” MenWantGivingYearsChildrenDifferentReasonJobsChoicesOpportunityGiving UpMen And WomenYour ChildrenWorkforceDifferent Jobs Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Today, despite all of the gains we have made, neither men nor women have real choice. Until women have supportive employers and colleagues as well as partners who share family responsibilities, they don't have real choice. And until men are fully respected for contributing inside the home, they don't have real choice either.” MenWellsMadeRealHomeTodayChoicesResponsibilityShareGainsPartnersDespiteColleaguesSupportiveEmployersContributingFamily Responsibility Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates
“I want my daughter to have the choice not just to succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.” WantChoicesSucceedDaughterAccomplishmentMy Daughter Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Fear is at the root of so many of the barriers that women face. Fear of not being liked. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear of drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/wife/daughter.” FacesMotherChoicesAttentionWifeHolyDaughterNegativeRootsDrawingBarriersJudgedFear Of FailureTrinityWrong ChoicesBeing JudgedLeaning InHoly TrinityOverreachingBad MotherNegative Attention Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates
“The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.” WayChoicesRoomsCareersLimitsSticksBest Way Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates
“If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can ... and accepting them.” IfsWould BeChoicesAcceptingEmbraceDefinitionsDefinition Of Success Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates
“We have to ask ourselves if we have become so focused on supporting personal choices that we're failing to encourage women to aspire to leadership.” IfsChoicesAsksFailingFocusedAspirePersonal Choice Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates
“I think now is our time. My mother was told by everyone that she had two choices: She could be a nurse or a teacher. The external barriers now are just so much lower. If we start acknowledging what the real issues are, we can solve them. It's not that hard.” IfsThinkingTwoRealHardMotherChoicesWomenWorkCareersIssuesTeacherSolveOur TimeBarriersNurseTwo Choices Author:Sheryl Sandberg
