100+ Leaning In Quotes | InspiringQuotes.us

source: "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.

topic: Business, Women, Helping Others, Empowering Women, Special Places

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

topic: Thinking, Want, Needs, Leaning In

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

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

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Bravery, Leaning In

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

- Spencer Johnson

source: 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

topic: Life, Change, Fear, Leaning In

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

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

topic: Grateful, Men, Matter, Leaning In

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

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

topic: Children, Careers, Goal, Leaning In, Career Goals

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Country, Leaning In

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

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

topic: Inspiring, Sexy, Husband, Good Husband, Leaning In

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

topic: Bullying, Voice, Expectations, Leaning In, Better Place

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

topic: Daughter, Mother, Roots, Leaning In, Overreaching

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

topic: Lying, Inspiration, Europe, Leaning In, Future Prosperity

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

topic: Success, Passion, Luxury, Leaning In, Live With Passion

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.

- Winston Churchill

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Girl, Wall, Humorous, Kissing A Girl, Leaning In

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

- Padmasree Warrior

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

topic: Leader, Quality, Important, Leaning In

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

source: Her Son's Wife ch. 37 (1926)

topic: Mother, Unnecessary, Persons, I Love My Mother, Just A Mom

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

- Sheryl Sandberg

topic: Ignorance, Painful, Leaning In, Blissful Ignorance

I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.

- Rita Rudner

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Vegetarian, Leaning In, Vegetarian Food

A bad system will beat a good person every time.

- W. Edwards Deming

topic: Good Person, Beats, Persons, Leaning In, Systems Thinking

How can you know what you're capable of if you don't embrace the unkown?

- Esmeralda Santiago

topic: Motivational, Change, Embrace, Leaning In

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 importantÂ qualityÂ a leader can have.

- Padmasree Warrior

topic: Opportunity, Perfect, People, Leaning In, Perfect Fit

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.

- Sheryl Sandberg

source: "Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on what makes women succeed". Interview with Pattie Sellers, fortune.com. October 05, 2011.

topic: Running, Dream, Thinking, Leaning In

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

source: Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.127, Knopf

topic: Couple, Husband, Divorce, Leaning In

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.

- Sheryl Sandberg

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

topic: Senior, Work, Women, Leaning In, Female Leaders

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.

- Sheryl Sandberg

source: Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.182, Knopf

topic: Badass, Leader, Female, Business Woman, Leaning In

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.

- Sheryl Sandberg

topic: Opportunity, Perfect, Leader, Leaning In, Perfect Fit

Success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively for women. When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.

- Sheryl Sandberg

source: Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.49, Knopf

topic: Successful, Men, People, Leaning In

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

source: Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.133, Knopf

topic: Inspirational, Disappointment, Business, Leaning In, Female Leaders

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

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

topic: Kissing, Rejection, Asking, Leaning In

Fine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial." Alec flushed. "If you say so," he said. "I say so," said Magnus, and he turned to follow Isabelle out of the room.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1676, Simon and Schuster

topic: Rooms, Pausing, Chairs, Leaning In, Stood Up

I've known Emma Watson since she was 9, we've watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly I'm leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong... but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards.

- Rupert Grint

topic: Brother, Growing Up, Character, Laughing Hysterically, Leaning In

Dad thanks for leaning in by helping me become a role model for young girls.

- Serena Williams

source: Twitter post from Mar 05, 2015

topic: Girl, Dad, Role Models, Leaning In

You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer. 'So,' I said. 'Tell me' 'It's an animal attraction,' he said simply. 'Totally chemical.' 'Hmm,' I said. 'You could be right.' 'It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me.' 'No?' 'Nope.' His hands were in my hair now, and I was leaning in, not able to totally make out his face, but his voice was clear, close to my ear. 'Just that you do.

- Sarah Dessen

topic: Animal, Hair, Hands, Hmm, Make Out

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.