I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

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

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

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

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

I have built, deep in my heart, a chapel filled with you.

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.

My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

I like to get a rise out of my mom with what I wear - I always go for the tallest heels or something super trendy.

There is not so agonizing a feeling in the whole catalogue of human suffering as the first conviction that the heart of the being whom we most tenderly love is estranged from us.

Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.

Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless.

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

I think it has a terrible impact when you don't see yourself reflected in the society because then you get the feeling you don't belong.