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  • Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

    Work   Women   Careers  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.62, Knopf
  • I've been juicing lately, making different smoothies and such. It was interesting, and tough at first, but it's been doing wonders for me. I've been leaning in up, shedding fat, burning fat and I'm feeling good, feeling clean. My favorite so far is some almond milk with a little cinnamon there. It's good. I have that as a little night cap at the end of the day.

    Source: www.nfl.com
  • There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

    Girl   Wall   Humorous  
    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

    "Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on what makes women succeed". Interview with Pattie Sellers, fortune.com. October 05, 2011.
  • We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

  • I love you too, Will Blakelee," she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

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

    Children   Careers   Goal  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.17, Knopf
  • The act of leaning in to kiss someone, or asking them, is fraught with the possibility of rejection, so the person least likely to get rejected should do the leaning in or the asking.

    John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.75, Penguin
  • 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.

    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.17, Knopf
  • Nobody can succeed on their own.

    "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg suddenly in crossfire" By Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2013.
  • Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.

    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.133, Knopf
  • You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

    Graduation   Trying   Ifs  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.

    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.16, Knopf
  • The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

    "Cisco Tech Chief Outlines The Advantages Of Being A Woman In Tech". Interview With Bianca Bosker, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2011.
  • 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.

    Work   Women   Home  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.124, Knopf
  • There are, however, composers whose music can only be heard in a chromatic sense. George Perle, for example, wrote pieces that you might think of as leaning in a tonal direction but it's very hard to register a pitch as, say, the sixth degree of a scale, whereas in much of my music I think that's often relatively easy to do.

    Source: therumpus.net
  • 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.

    Sexy   Husband   Crazy  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.124, Knopf
  • leaning in he kissed her gently, first on the cheek then on her lips. When he met her eyes, she saw the young man shed loved last summer and the young man she still loved now. "I never stopped loving you, Ronnie. and I never stopped thinking about you. even if summers do come and end" she smiled knowing he was telling the truth. "I love you too, Will Blakelee" she wispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

    Summer   Love You   Eye  
  • There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

    "Q&A with Arianna Huffington, co-founder of Huffington Post, on Donald Trump, sleep and the media". Interview with Laura Newberry, www.masslive.com. April 29, 2016.
  • Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

    "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead". Book by Nell Scovell and Sheryl Sandberg, March 11, 2013.
  • In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.

    Badass   Leader   Female  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.182, Knopf
  • When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.

    Work   Women   Smart  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.124, Knopf
  • It's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. One of the things I tell people these days is that 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.

  • 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.

    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.127, Knopf
  • Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

  • Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

    Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.120, Mango Media Inc.
  • 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.

    Grateful   Men   Matter  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.131, Knopf
  • 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.

    Daughter   Mother   Roots  
    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.33, Knopf
  • 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.

    Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.124, Knopf
  • 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.

    Senior   Work   Women  
    "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: who are you calling bossy?" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2014.
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