Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor

. . . But experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is instirring within us the will to aspire. That will, wherever it finally leads, does at least move you forward. And after a time you may recognize That the proper measure of success is not how much you’ve closed the distance to some far-off goal but the quality of what you’ve done today.

Distance

Dream

Real

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth’s own breathing.

Breathing

Desert

Wind

A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, “Yes, someone like me can do this.”

Doubt

Inspiration

Role Models

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

Effort

Inspiring

Overcoming

All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it is written by Congress and informed by precedent.

Congress

Law

Party

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

Judging

Passion

Struggle

All of the legal defense funds out there, they’re looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don’t make law, I know. I know.

Defense

Law

People

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.

Challenges

Grew Up

Rich

Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.

Guarantees

Life Experience

Years

An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke – although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.

Father

Mother

Thinking

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Achievement

Action

Adults

Adventurous

Adversity

Advice

African American

Air

Animal

Answers

Appreciate

Assistants

Attention

Baby

Balance

Battle

Beautiful

Being Different

Believe

Beloved

Benefits

Blessed

Book

Boss

Brain

Breathing

Bridges

Broken

Brother

Bystanders

Cameras

Careers

Caring

Cases

Causes

Challenges

Childhood

Children

Choices

Citizens United

Civilized

Class

Clerks

Clue

Color

Community

Complaining

Complaints

Congress

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Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth’s own breathing.

A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, “Yes, someone like me can do this.”

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it is written by Congress and informed by precedent.

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.

All of the legal defense funds out there, they’re looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don’t make law, I know. I know.

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.

Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.

An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke – although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.

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