1. “There is no such thing as work-life balance. There is work, there is life, and there is no balance.”
2. “The most important thing is to have a more open and honest dialogue about gender issues.”
3. “Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.”
4. “Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not going to achieve as much as men.”
5. “You need to feel that you’re making a difference.”
6. “No one gets to the top, if they sit on the sidelines, or if they don’t believe in themselves.”
7. “Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.”
8. “Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.”
9. “Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.”
10. “If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.”
11. “The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.”
12. “Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.”
13. “We need to start talking about child-rearing in the workplace.”
14. “Nobody can succeed on their own.”
15. “When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.”
16. “The promise of equality is not the same as true equality.”
17. “Men can comfortably claim credit for what they do as long as they don’t veer into arrogance. For women, taking credit comes at a real social and professional cost.”
18. “Excel and you will get a mentor.”
19. “Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of it if you don’t try.”
20. “Done is better than perfect.”
21. “When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.”
22. “I want my daughter. to have the choice not to just to succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.”
23. “The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.”
24. “Build your skills, not your resume.”
25. “Our aspirations are really for women to be in half the leadership roles and men to be doing half the work of parenting.”
26. “Two things that I think matter are gratitude and joy.”
27. “It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy or gender. It is not illegal to talk about it.”
28. “Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.”
29. “Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized.”
30. “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”
