Leaning In Quotes

• To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.

  Mary Baker Eddy

  Blessing, Today, Infinite

  Mary Baker Eddy (2014). “Science And Health”, p.2, Jazzybee Verlag

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• You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Graduation, Trying, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Believe, Self Confidence, Hands

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.17, Knopf

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Believe, Self Worth, Be Confident

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• I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Grateful, People, Succeed

  "A Woman’s Place" by Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. July 11 & 18, 2011.

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• We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

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

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• Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Work, Women, Careers

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.62, Knopf

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  There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

  Madeleine Albright

  Strong Women, Business, Independent 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.

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• Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Climbing Up, Top Management

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

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• Nobody can succeed on their own.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Succeed

  "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg suddenly in crossfire" By Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2013.

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• Women need to shift form thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Thinking, Needs, Want

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

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Inspirational, Graduation, Bravery

  "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead". Book by Nell Scovell and Sheryl Sandberg, March 11, 2013.

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• What would you do if you weren't afraid?

  Spencer Johnson

  Life, Change, Fear

  Spencer Johnson (1998). “Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life”, p.27, Penguin

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• 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.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Grateful, Men, Matter

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

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

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Children, Careers, Goal

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.17, Knopf

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• A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Inspirational, Graduation, Country

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.16, Knopf

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• 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

  Work, Women, Home

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

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• 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.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Bullying, Work, Women

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• 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.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Daughter, Mother, Roots

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

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• It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Lying, Inspiration, Europe

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• It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Success, Passion, Luxury

  Sheryl Sandberg's Commencement Address Barnard College in New York City, New York, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2011.

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• When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Work, Women, Smart

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

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