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Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men.

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

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

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top...

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky,...

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's...

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

We've got to get women to sit at the table.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

And what I saw happening is that women don't make one decision to leave the workforce. They makes lots of little decisions really far in advance that kind of inevitably lead them there.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground; little girls get called bossy all the time - a word that's almost never used for boys - and that leads directly to the problems women face in the workforce.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going...

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a 'good man' before they are all taken.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. That's what the research shows. As a man gets more successful, everyone is rooting for him....

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that's partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys...

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

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

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is that men run the world,' people say, 'Really?' That, to me, is the problem.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that - whatever success they have, that same success - to their own core skills.

Quotes by Sheryl Sandberg

Frequently Asked Questions

What range of perspectives on women appear on this page?
The quotes cover several distinct angles - one speaker's view that many Western women aren't comfortable finding strength through traditionally feminine qualities and instead lean toward "masculine-oriented things" to establish it, another on women serving in Iraq alongside men, one on confidence as a source of attractive qualities, and one encouraging women to "be themselves, rather than what men want them to be."
Is there a quote here about women in the military?
Yes, one references "our men and women fighting in Iraq" being "held accountable for their performance and their conduct... twenty-four hours a day," describing shared standards for men and women serving.
What does this page say about confidence?
One quote describes confidence as "at the root of so many attractive qualities," including a sense of humor, a sense of style, and "a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say." For more on self-assurance and identity, see Me.
Is there a quote specifically about how women should be encouraged to act?
Yes: "I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex," a statement encouraging authenticity over external expectations for either gender.
Does this page take one single position on femininity?
No - the quotes present differing personal viewpoints rather than a single stance, including one speaker's specific opinion that some women pursue "masculine-oriented things" to express strength in their femininity. For related themes, browse Love or Life quotes, or try the Ale page for something different.

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