
Top 24 Inspiring Sheryl Sandberg Quotes on Life, Leadership and Equality
In a corporate America still dominated by men, business leader, activist, author and philanthropist Sheryl Sandberg is an inspirational figure, and a powerful role model to women and girls who want to make their mark in the world — and do it on their own terms.
After serving as a vice president at Google for six years, Sandberg became the chief operating officer of Facebook in 2008. She was the brains behind the social media giant’s shift towards profitability in 2010, and was the first woman to be elected to the company’s board of directors in 2012. A former chief of staff in the Bill Clinton White House and outspoken advocate for women’s rights, Sandberg today also sits on the boards of the Walt Disney Corporation, Women for Women International, the Center for Global Development, and V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. She is the author of the bestselling Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, and the founder of Leanin.org, a charitable organization devoted to empowering women to achieve their ambitions.
Today worth an estimated $1.57 billion, Sandberg is one of America’s most influential executives, and was named by Time magazine in 2012 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Sheryl Sandberg knows a thing or two about achieving your potential. Here are our Top 24 Inspiring Sheryl Sandberg Quotes on Life, Leadership and Equality.
Top 24 Inspiring Sheryl Sandberg Quotes on Life, Leadership and Equality
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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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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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.
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 learned that in the face of a void or in the face of any challenge, you can choose joy and meaning.
Trying to do it all and expecting it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
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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The upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
Knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.
I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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