All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Our work can always get better, and we are constantly striving for that.
A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.
I came to America so that I could work with the best and be the best.
What's important is that I do my job really well, that I build great products and that I'm a great leader. All those things matter independent of gender. But I do think there's a responsibility for me to support other women at Google.
Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence as ingredients of excellent performance, emotional intelligence proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels.
As long as you like yourself, as long as your family like you, as long as you are good at what you do, your staff respect you, and your board have trust in you, that's what is important.
In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.
Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best.
That's all you ever want - to do your job well enough that people on the other end are happy.
