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Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. She has been a key figure in shaping the social media industry from its early days and has been responsible for its success.
She is known for her best-selling book, “Lean In,” which advocates for women to embrace their professional ambitions and make them happen. She has also authored “Option B,” a book about what happens when life doesn’t turn out as we planned.
Sheryl Sandberg is an influential author, speaker, feminist, businesswoman, and philanthropist who co-founded two companies: Facebook and SurveyMonkey. And one of the most public faces advocating for women to get more recognition and equality in workplaces.
50 Inspiring Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
“Leadership belongs to those who take it.”
“You are not born with a fixed amount of resiliency. Like a muscle, you can build it, and draw on it when you need it.”
“Because no matter what happens each day, I go to bed thinking of something cheerful. Try it.”
“Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.”
“When life sucks you under, you can kick against the bottom, find the surface and breathe again.”
“Feeling confident — or pretending that you feel confident — is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliche, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.”
“Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face – and there will be barriers – be external, not internal.”
“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.”
“Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.”
“Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.”
“The best antidote to bad speech is good speech. The best antidote to hate is tolerance.”
“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”
“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.”
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?“
“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.”
“The upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.”
“It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.”
“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.”
“Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do.”
“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.”
“Believe in yourself and own your own success.”
“Life is never perfect. We all live some form of Option B.”
“You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive.”
“Sharing emotions builds deeper relationships. Motivation comes from working on things we care about.”
“Women need to shift from thinking, I’m not ready to do that, to thinking, I want to do that, and I’ll learn by doing it.”
“The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.”
“I really believe in what Facebook does. You know technology was going to change all our lives and it has. But technology to power us as people is really the social networking movement.”
“The more women help one another, the more we help ourselves. Acting like a coalition truly does produce results.”
“Not everything that happens to us happens because of us.”
“Given how fast the world moves today, grabbing opportunities is more important than ever.”
“Bring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.”
“I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.”
“You are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. Like a muscle, you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process you will figure out who you really are — and you just might become the very best version of yourself.”
“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat.”
“Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.”
“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.”
“When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.”
“Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.”
“It is the hard days – the times that challenge you to your very core – that will determine who you are. You are defined not just by what you achieve but by how you survive.”
“Not taking failures personally allows us to recover — and even to thrive.”
“Let me fall if I must fall. The one I become will catch me.”
“We compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet.”
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid.”
“You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around.”
“Knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.”
“I learned that in the face of a void or in the face of any challenge, you can choose joy and meaning.”
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.”
“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.”
“Done is better than perfect.”
“Just as our bodies have a physiological immune system, our brains have a psychological immune system — and there are steps you can take to help kick it into gear.”
