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

Sonia Sotomayor

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

Equality, Society, Equal

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

Face, Never, Overwhelm

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

Being Different, Shame, Your

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

Blessed, Ordinary, Been

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

Understand, Might, Shaped

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

Line, Brought, Disadvantaged

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Sonia Sotomayor

I Am, Extraordinary, Been

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

Achieve, Your Child, Might

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

Down, Getting, Get

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

Sometimes, Flattery, Pursuit

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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

Back, Appreciating, Savor

My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control. Sonia Sotomayor

My Life, Part, Trained

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

Myself, One Thing, About

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

Financial, Reveal, Tested

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

Opportunity, Good, Believe

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

Think, Move, Dreaming

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

Lawyers, Our, Ensure

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

Me, Latina, Forever

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

Innocent, Guilty, Served

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

Perfect, South, Scores

Diabetes taught me discipline. Sonia Sotomayor

Discipline, Me, Taught

I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor. Sonia Sotomayor

People, My Life, Shoulders

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, Own, Spoke

My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law. Sonia Sotomayor

Law, Judicial, Fidelity

When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid. Sonia Sotomayor

Mine, Like, Worlds

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society. Sonia Sotomayor

Always, Explain, Civilized

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