Quotes from 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 to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.

I want people to help take care of each other at work. That's what I want. Do you know how many hours we spend at work? We spend more time at work than we spend at home. When people are suffering, we don't help enough.

I believe if we had half our companies and half our countries run by women, and half our homes run by men, things would be better. We know our companies would be more productive. If you use the full talents of the population, you're more productive. We know our homes would be happier.

But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.

Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.'

Don't be afraid to ask the 'dumb' question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!

I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.

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.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.

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

Having your house fill up with the people you love is comforting.

You can date whoever you want, but you should marry the nerds and the good guys.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." (Harvard Business School definition of leadership)

Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.

When you want to change things, you won't please everyone.

The most important career decision you'll make is who your life partner is.

I don't hold myself out as a role model. I don't believe that everyone should make the same choices; that everyone has to want to be a CEO, or everyone should want to be a work-at-home mother. I want everyone to be able to choose. But I want us to be able to choose unencumbered by gender choosing for us.

I think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this... because we need men to talk about this if it is ever going to change.

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.

The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.

But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.

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.