Sheryl Sandberg Quotes

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

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

Done is better than perfect.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." (Harvard Business School definition of leadership)

Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.

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

Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.

Build your skills, not your resume.

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.

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

The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.

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

Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.

I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.

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

Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.'

When you're more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.

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.

Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.

Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.

Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.

Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.

When you want to change things, you won't please everyone.

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

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.