“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, amazon.com
“You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them. To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s…”— Bill Watterson, amazon.com
“The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don't expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don't.”— Sheryl Sandberg, amazon.com
“I learned a long time ago that life introduces young people to situations they are in no way prepared for, even good girls, lucky girls who want for nothing. Sometimes, when you least expect it, you become the girl in the woods. You lose your name because another one is forced on you. You think you…”— Roxane Gay, amazon.com
“Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.”— Roxane Gay, amazon.com
“Don't lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don't have a career. You have a life. Do the work. Keep the faith. Be true blue. You are a writer because you write. Keep writing and quit your bitching. Your book has a birthday. You don't know what it is yet.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Don’t do what you know on a gut level to be the wrong thing to do. Don’t stay when you know you should go or go when you know you should stay. Don’t fight when you should hold steady or hold steady when you should fight. Don’t focus on the short-term fun instead of the long-term fall out. Don’t surr…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”— Ryan Holiday, amazon.com
“When intelligent people read, they ask themselves a simple question: What do I plan to do with this information?”— Ryan Holiday, amazon.com
“Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.”— Ryan Holiday, amazon.comTagged: Potential, Motivational
“This is an important lesson to remember when you're having a bad day, a bad month, or a shitty year. Things will change: you won't feel this way forever. And anyway, sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most. I believe you can't feel real joy unless you've felt heartac…”— Kelly Cutrone, amazon.comTagged: Career, Rebirth, Pain, For when things seem hard
“You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you're not.”— Kelly Cutrone, amazon.comTagged: Career, Personality
“I am a karmayogi: someone who becomes conscious of herself and the Divine through work, not through meditation in some ashram or saying Hail Marys.”— Kelly Cutrone, amazon.comTagged: Career, Workaholics, yoga, Truth, Religion
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”— Ayn Rand, pinterest.comTagged: Female Empowerment, Strong Women, Strong Woman
“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.”— Oprah Winfrey, amazon.comTagged: Inspirational, Postive
“Say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others. This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, t…”— Oprah Winfrey, books.google.comTagged: Criticism, Weight, beauty, Insecurities
“I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”— Oprah Winfrey, amazon.comTagged: Pursuing Your Passion
“One of my greatest lessons has been to fully understand that what looks like a dark patch in the quest for success is the universe pointing you in a new direction.”— Oprah Winfrey, amazon.comTagged: Rough Patchs, Difficult Times, Success, Darkest Before The Dawn
“There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life.”— Oprah Winfrey, amazon.comTagged: Laws, Universe, How To Live
“What I know for sure is that every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and step out and dance — to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your…”— Oprah Winfrey, amazon.comTagged: Life, Self-Doubt, Affirmative Advice