Sallie Patrick Quotes

It is undeniable that a woman's ability to stretch and pursue her total competence outside the home and get paid what she's worth for it makes for happier and more fulfilled women.

It's depressing that ambition and feminism have become almost dirty words for working women. But, there is no reason that they should be and, increasingly, I am struck by how the next generation is challenging conceptions of what it means to be successful at work.

I think it's very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.

Mary Tyler Moore was a working woman whose story lines were not always about dating and men. They were about work friendships and relationships, which is what I feel my adult life has mostly been about.

I've been really fortunate that I've worked with a lot of strong women who are also mothers.

When I started, there were very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it's not like, when I looked up, I could say, 'Well, that's who I want to be.'

During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson - two people I've looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.

My mam worked for 41 years. She was a single working mother. I think I always had that mentality of you can do everything. You can have your kid. You can be a good mother. You can work. She was very independent.

I'm just so glad that girl power is working in Hollywood.

I certainly feel my career was a great career because it inspired so many many people, literally hundreds of people to follow a new kind of life and to realize that they could make out and advance their own professional and private and social lives.

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.

I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

Marriage is a linchpin in many women's lives, but many other things can create a satisfying life. I adore my career. It stretches every physical, emotional, and intellectual muscle I have.

I think it's good for moms to work. I have three daughters, so I like them to see me working and doing something I'm passionate about.

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.

Any woman that is willing to take control of their life and do what they want to do to make their living, I have a lot of respect for.

You can be this super-successful woman who's smart and effective but still feminine. When I worked in finance, I didn't always think that was possible.

I've had some very strong female role models, so I think that's an important thing.

It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.

Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.

Education is the first step on the ladder to economic empowerment.

I'm from a generation of women that shattered the glass ceiling. We didn't wait for doors to open. The lesson I learned is that you need to open some doors for yourself in pursuit of career advancement.