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.

Nobody can succeed on their own.

The reason I wrote Lean In is I think people weren't actually noticing that we had stopped making progress. I gave a TED talk and said: "It turns out men still run the world." And the audience gasped as if that was news.

I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done

Feeling confident - or pretending that you feel confident - is necessary to reach for opportunities. It's a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they're seized.

Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized.

Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.