Sheryl Sandberg Quotes

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Sheryl Sandberg

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : August 28, 1969

We all have shortcomings.

Sheryl Sandberg

So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance.

Sheryl Sandberg

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.

Sheryl Sandberg

I spent most of my career in business not saying the word 'woman.' Because if you say the word 'woman' in a business context, and often in a political context, the person on the other side of the table thinks you're about to sue them or ask for special treatment, right?

Sheryl Sandberg

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.

Sheryl Sandberg

It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed.

Sheryl Sandberg

When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options: nursing and teaching. She raised me and my sister to believe that we could do anything, and we believed her.

Sheryl Sandberg

I think there are things that we can all do to build resilience in ourselves, but also to build resilience in each other.

Sheryl Sandberg

Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.

Sheryl Sandberg

I want women to get paid more. I want to teach them to negotiate so they get paid more.

Sheryl Sandberg

'Option B' draws not just on my story but on the research and stories of many people overcoming all kinds of adversity. No one should have to go through challenges and trauma alone.

Sheryl Sandberg

Judaism is my home. Judaism is super important to me, in death and in life.

Sheryl Sandberg

I go around the room and ask people, 'What do you think?'

Sheryl Sandberg

I really don't have any plan to leave Facebook. I put it so many times on the record, and I just don't get what to do to say it as clear as possible: I'm staying in Facebook; I really love my job.

Sheryl Sandberg

Over the last 10 years, women have stalled out at the top.

Sheryl Sandberg

I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.

Sheryl Sandberg

I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.

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I would be better at my job if I were technical.

Sheryl Sandberg

It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them.

Sheryl Sandberg

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

Sheryl Sandberg