By focusing on her career and taking a calculated approach to amassing power, Heidi violated our stereotypical expectations of women. Yet by behaving in the same manner, Howard lived up to our stereotypical expectations of men. The end result? Liked him, disliked her.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Communication works best when we combine appropriateness with authenticity, finding that sweet spot where opinions are not brutally honest but delicately honest.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Done is better than perfect.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

— Sheryl Sandberg

[Eric Schmidt] explained that only one criterion that mattered when picking a job-fat growth. When companies grow quickly, there are more things to do than there are people to do them. When companies grow more slowly or stop growing, there is less to do and too many people to not be doing them. Politics and stagnation set in, and everyone falters, He told me, "If you're offered a seat on a rocket sip, you don't ask what seat. You just get on.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Feedback is an opinion, grounded in observations and experiences, which allows us to know what impression we make on others.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Feeling threatened by others' choices pulls us all down. Instead, we should funnel our energy into breaking this cycle.

— Sheryl Sandberg

[F]feminism wasn't supposed to make us feel guilty, or prod us into constant competition over who is raising children better, organizing more cooperative marriages, or getting less sleep. It was supposed to make us free -to give us not only choices but the ability to make these choices without constantly feeling that we'd somehow gotten it wrong.

— Sheryl Sandberg

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

— Sheryl Sandberg