Latest Quotes

“If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o’-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death.”

— Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

“Somehow, society convinces us that we are nothing without a man, and simultaneously feeds us subliminal messages that make us feel that no man in his right mind would really want us.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

“I think, quite frankly, that the world simply does not care for the complicated girls, the ones who seem too dark, too deep, too vibrant, too opinionated, the ones who are so intriguing that new men fall in love with them every day, at every meal where there’s a waiter, in every taxi and on every tr…”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

“We decide to learn to be the way men want us to be, rather than insisting they change to suit us.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

“It’s about how nice it must be to just decide I will not be nice, I am never sorry, I have no regrets: what is before me belongs to me.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

“Bad girls understand that there is no point in being good and suffering in silence. What good has good ever done?”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

“If a woman is good enough to be good, she is also good enough to be bad.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

“It’s wonderful when senior men mentor women. It’s even better when they champion and sponsor them. Any male leader who is serious about moving toward a more equal world can make this a priority and be part of the solution. It should be a badge of honor for men to sponsor women. And since we know tha…”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“When more people get in the race, more records will be broken. And the achievements will extend beyond those individuals to benefit us all.”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“'Done is better than perfect.' I have tried to embrace this motto and let go of unattainable standards. Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Women need to shift from thinking 'I’m not ready to do that' to thinking 'I want to do that— and I’ll learn by doing it.'”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do.”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Fear is at the root of so many of the barriers that women face. Fear of not being liked. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear of drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/ wife/ daughter.”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Career progression often depends upon taking risks and advocating for oneself— traits that girls are discouraged from exhibiting.”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in. We internalize the negative messages we get throughout our lives— the messages that say it’s wrong to be outspoken, aggressive, more powerful tha…”

— Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true. Once you realize this simple truth, a whole new world of possibilities opens up in front of”

— Biz Stone, Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind

“If you make the opportunity, you’ll be first in position to take advantage of it.”

— Biz Stone, Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind

“Embrace your constraints, whether they are creative, physical, economic, or self-imposed. They are provocative. They are challenging. They wake you up. They make you more creative. They make you better.”

— Biz Stone, Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind

“Success isn’t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren’t truly emotionally invested in your work.”

— Biz Stone, Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind

“Graphic design is an excellent preparation for any profession because it teaches you that for any one problem, there are infinite potential solutions.”

— Biz Stone, Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind