Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

Even in the face of the greatest adversity, the key is to never lose hope, never lose sense of the dream that drives you.

Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture's failure.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.

I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I think we all need more of.

You've got to go out there and fight.

I never thought I was finished when people said I was finished, or any of that stuff. I always had this undying belief that even if I was in a wheelchair and I could only move my finger, somehow I would become the guy who does the amazing thing with his finger.

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.

It's still in my heart. I can do it.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.