Sheryl Sandberg Quotes

It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.

Be whatever you want to be.

No matter where you come from, no matter what you decide to do in life, you can do anything you want to do.

I am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted, and will continue to get it.

Adapt to yourself, bro. What I wanna say is don't let nobody tell you that you should stay in your lane, bro.

Even though my label is that of a beauty queen, I'm not going to limit myself to that, just because that's my title.

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.

I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people's expectations of me as an actress.

We can do it all and have it all. That's what I want young women to know. Make their own music. If nobody's making music for them, make your own. Do what you are passionate about and don't let anybody or anything stop you or convince you that you are not worthy.

You can become whoever you want to be. You can do what you want to do.

My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it?

I really feel like becoming a director came from other women saying, 'Yeah, you can do this.' I wanted to direct 'Six Feet Under,' and no, they didn't let me.

A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom.

Follow your own star!

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

I think the expectation of me was that I'd grow up, get married, have a family, probably not even have a job outside the home. I had bold notions sometime in my childhood that I wanted to be veterinarian... I wasn't sure I'd ever do it.

You can do anything you want to do.

All girls know that they can be anything now. That transformation is to me one of the most satisfying things.

I just want to inspire my fans to be whoever they want to be, because that's what I've always done.

When I was at school, most people were planning on going to university and becoming doctors or lawyers. I wanted to be a singer, and I was laughed at. It was tough, but I never let anything stop me.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.