Dalia Grybauskaite Quotes

We don't see enough women in the boardroom.

I think the more women we have in leadership positions, the more women will see examples, can see themselves in those roles.

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.

We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.

Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.

Technology may be traditionally perceived as a male-dominated industry, but it won't always be that way. Every day we see more and more powerful women leaders boasting outstanding achievements.

Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.

One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk.

We need more enlightened women in senior ranks, and we have to insist that companies are more diverse.

I think it will be great if we have more female directors in the world.

We want to see women in more power positions, not just in front of the screen but behind the screen as well.

Leadership desperately needs women.

I have been involved with U.S. Soccer for 30 years, and I don't remember one senior woman in the organization that you would deal with on a daily basis in a position that was making decisions. That is a huge issue. How many times do you hear, 'There are no women around?' Well, they are fishing in the wrong pond.

From Warren Buffett to Jamie Dimon to Paul Tudor Jones, no one has cracked the code and put a critical mass of top women in the C-Suite or near it.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do - it’s the smart thing to do.

I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.

It's important to have women in leadership positions, because our experiences are different from those of the men we serve with and that helps us identify problems we can fix.

Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.

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 am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.

When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business.