- Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
- As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.
- I do know one thing about me: I don’t measure myself by others’ expectations or let others define my worth.
- Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
- Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.
- I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.
- The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.
- Through reading, I escaped the bad parts of my life in the South Bronx. And, through books, I got to travel the world and the universe. It, to me, was a passport out of my childhood and it remains away – through the power of words – to change the world.
- As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.
- Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences…our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.
10 inspirational sonia sotomayor quotes on success
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