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Sheryl Sandberg is an American businesswoman and author, recognized for her role as the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook since 2008. She is also known for her advocacy for women in the workplace and her influential book 'Lean In'.

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“Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“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.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.”

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“What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.”

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“It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.”

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

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

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

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

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

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“If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.”

“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“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.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.”

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Source: Lean In for Graduates

“There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“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 comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.”

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“Success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively for women. When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“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.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

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

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

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“Women need to shift form thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.”

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“We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.”

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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.”

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.”

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Book:Lean In for Graduates

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“Every woman I know, particularly the senior ones, has been called too aggressive at work. We know in gender blind studies that men are more aggressive in their offices than women. We know that. Yet we're busy telling all the women that they're too aggressive. That's the issue.”

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“Nobody can succeed on their own.”

Succeed Leaning In

Author:Sheryl Sandberg

About the Author

Born: August 28, 1969
Known for: Businesswoman
Quotes: 236

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