Sonia Sotomayor Quotes About Today

Quotes about: Today

• . . . 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.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Dream, Real, Distance

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.11, Vintage

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

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Blessed, Opportunity, Today

  "Debating The First Latina Supreme Court Nominee". "Tell Me More" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. May 27, 2009.

• I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don’t hide within it.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Self, Support, Temptation

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.149, Vintage

• For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our founding fathers. They set forth principles that have endured for than more two centuries. Those principles are as meaningful and relevant in each generation as the generation before. It would be a profound privilege for me to play a role in applying those principles to the questions and controversies we face today.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Meaningful, Father, Play

  Sonia sotomayor's speech after being nominated by Barack Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, content.time.com. May 26, 2009.

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