Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

American - Judge Born: June 25, 1954

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. - Sonia Sotomayor

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. Sonia Sotomayor

Education, Society, Equality, Equal, Get

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand. Sonia Sotomayor

History, Appreciate, Important, Us, How

I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions. Sonia Sotomayor

I Am, Colleagues, Succeed, Baby, Action

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth. Sonia Sotomayor

Myself, Me, Expectations, Know, Measure

When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different. Sonia Sotomayor

Home, Community, Parents, School, Speak

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. Sonia Sotomayor

Life, Good, Opportunity, Wise, Gender

I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life... it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can. Sonia Sotomayor

Life, Value, You, Value Of Life, Back

What's quote-unquote a 'good' lawyer, doctor, or whatever the profession is. And if you're a male who grew up professionally in a male-dominated profession, then your image of what a good lawyer is a male image. Sonia Sotomayor

Good, Doctor, Lawyer, You, Image, Up

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. Sonia Sotomayor

Perseverance, Blessed, Optimism, Face

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths. Sonia Sotomayor

Adversity, Parents, Simple, Unexpected

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I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought to the starting line of a race many were unaware was even being run. Sonia Sotomayor

Me, Purpose, Action, Doors, Run, Create

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences. Sonia Sotomayor

Today, Blessed, I Am, Opportunities, Who

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice. Sonia Sotomayor

Justice, Society, Legal, Professional

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people. Sonia Sotomayor

Business, People, World, Succeed, Heaven

Diabetes taught me discipline. Sonia Sotomayor

Discipline, Me, Diabetes, Taught

My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not. Sonia Sotomayor

Job, Man, Justice, Guilty, Innocent

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever. Sonia Sotomayor

Me, Latina, Forever

If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them. Sonia Sotomayor

Music, Child, Help, You, Important, Go

You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down. Sonia Sotomayor

Failure, Live, Past, Me, Down, You

If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment. Sonia Sotomayor

Positive, Work, Success, Marriage, Book

I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are just like them, and you made it. Sonia Sotomayor

People, Doing, Think, You, Important

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. Sonia Sotomayor

Father, Mother, Happiness, Parents

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Sonia Sotomayor

Experience, Gender, Make A Difference

I have had positive experiences with cameras. When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtroom, I have participated; I have volunteered. Sonia Sotomayor

Positive, Courtroom, Join, Experiments

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights. Sonia Sotomayor

Believe, Law, Foundation, Rule Of Law

I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out. Sonia Sotomayor

Loved, Problem, Feeling, Focused, Clear

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