Option B Quotes

“(1) personalization—the belief that we are at fault; (2) pervasiveness—the belief that an event will affect all areas of our life; and (3) permanence—the belief that the aftershocks of the event will last forever.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Dave and I had a family ritual at dinner where we’d go around the table with our daughter and son and take turns stating our best and worst moments of the day. When it became just three of us, I added a third category. Now we each share something for which we are grateful. We also added a prayer before our meal. Holding hands and thanking God for the food we are about to eat helps remind us of our daily blessings. Acknowledging blessings can be a blessing in and of itself. Psychologists asked a group of people to make a weekly list of five things for which they were grateful. Another group wrote about hassles and a third listed ordinary events. Nine weeks later, the gratitude group felt significantly happier and reported fewer health problems. People who enter the workforce during an economic recession end up being more satisfied with their jobs decades later because they are acutely aware of how hard it can be to find work. Counting blessings can actually increase happiness and health by reminding us of the good things in life. Each night, no matter how sad I felt, I would find something or someone to be grateful for. I”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“It turns out that people who choose to be single are very satisfied with their lives. “Singles are stereotyped, stigmatized, and ignored,” psychologist Bella DePaulo finds, “and still live happily ever after.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Believe you matter and you spend more time helping others, which helps you matter even more. Believe you have strengths and you start seeing opportunities to use them. Believe you are a wizard who can cross the space-time continuum and you may have gone too far. When”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“In sports, taking suggestions from a coach is the whole point of practice. Adam traces his openness to feedback to his past as a Junior Olympic diver. Criticism was the only way to get better.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

“Reverend Veronica Goines sums this up as, “Peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“As Helen Keller put it, “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” For”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to adversity—and”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. It comes from gratitude for what’s good in our lives and from leaning in to the suck.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“At Dave’s funeral, I said that if on the day I walked down the aisle with him, someone had told me that we would have only eleven years together, I would still have walked down that aisle. Eleven years of being Dave’s wife and ten years of being a parent with him is perhaps more luck and more happiness than I could ever have imagined. I am grateful for every minute we had.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“I almost hate to say this, but I am the happiest I have ever been in my life,” she told me. “Sometimes it takes going through something so awful to realize the beauty that is out there in this world.” Brain”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“She was undergoing daily radiation treatments, which were physically draining and made her forgetful. “In any version of picturing this moment—that fantasy of what you want to be—I would have been strong, smart, and inspiring confidence,” she told me. “I wanted to be a role model in that perfect ‘put together’ sense. Instead, I told them I had cancer and would need their support.” Their”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“I’m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations and I know that you can reach them.” Now”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“What helped him build resilience the most, he told me, was overcoming pervasiveness: “Extreme compartmentalization may be my biggest superpower,” he said, laughing. If a project doesn’t turn out the way he wanted, Byron remembers that things could always be worse. “I say to myself and to others all the time, ‘Is anyone gonna die?’ That’s the worst—I’m not afraid of failure.” Byron”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Not only do we learn more from failure than success, we learn more from bigger failures because we scrutinize them more closely. Long”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“We can start by helping children develop four core beliefs: (1) they have some control over their lives; (2) they can learn from failure; (3) they matter as human beings; and (4) they have real strengths to rely on and share. These”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“While they suffered an irreparable loss, my children are still fortunate. Nothing will bring their father back, but our circumstances have softened the blow. This is not the case for many children facing heartbreaking difficulties. Two out of ten U.S. children of all backgrounds live in poverty, and one-third of black and close to one-third of Latino children are poor. Forty-three percent of children of single mothers live in poverty. More than two and a half million children have a parent in jail. Many children face serious illness, neglect, abuse, or homelessness. These extreme levels of harm and deprivation can impede children’s intellectual, social, emotional, and academic development. We”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“He discovered that his own reaction to his disability influenced how others reacted, which meant he could control how he was perceived.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Malala then shared her own gratitude story. She told us that after she was shot by the Taliban, her mother started giving her birthday cards dated from the beginning of her recovery. When Malala turned nineteen, the card said, “Happy 4th birthday.” Her mother was reminding her daughter—and herself—that Malala was lucky to be alive. We”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“The costs of placing a four-year-old and an infant in child care exceed annual median rent payments in every state. Despite”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Author Bruce Feiler believes the problem lies in the offer to “do anything.” He writes that “while well meaning, this gesture unintentionally shifts the obligation to the aggrieved. Instead of offering ‘anything,’ just do something.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“As psychologist David Caruso observes, “American culture demands that the answer to the question ‘How are you?’ is not just ‘Good.’…We need to be ‘Awesome.’ ” Caruso adds, “There’s this relentless drive to mask the expression of our true underlying feelings.” Admitting that you’re having a rough time is “almost inappropriate.” Anna”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Most of the trip was a blur, but on the last day, I sat down for breakfast with several of the roommates, including Jeff King, who had been diagnosed years earlier with multiple sclerosis. Dave and I had discussed Jeff’s illness many times with each other, but that morning I realized that I had never actually spoken with Jeff about it. Hello, Elephant. “Jeff,” I said, “how are you? I mean, really, how are you? How are you feeling? Are you scared?” Jeff looked up in surprise and paused for a long few moments. With tears in his eyes, he said, “Thank you. Thank you for asking.” And then he talked. He talked about his diagnosis and how he hated that he had to stop practicing medicine. How his continued deterioration was hard on his children. How he was worried about his future. How relieved he felt being able to talk about it with me and the others at the table that morning. When breakfast was over, he hugged me tight. In”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“I turned to her and said, “I can’t believe you are going through this again. How are you okay? How can you possibly be okay?” She said, “I didn’t die. Mel did and Dave did, but I am alive. And I am going to live.” She put her arm around me and said, “And you are going to live too.” Then she completely stunned me by adding, “And you are not only going to live, but you are going to get remarried one day—and I am going to be there to celebrate with you.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“To quote the Roman philosopher Seneca (and the song “Closing Time”): “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“That’s the thing about faith…it helps you know that sooner or later this too shall pass.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“One day she woke up and understood we are all in this together.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“I learned that friendship isn’t only what you can give, it’s what you’re able to receive.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“when something terrible happens, it can be important to consider how things could be worse.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“After spending decades studying how people deal with setbacks, psychologist Martin Seligman found that three P’s can stunt recovery: (1) personalization—the belief that we are at fault; (2) pervasiveness—the belief that an event will affect all areas of our life; and (3) permanence—the belief that the aftershocks of the event will last forever.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B