Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.”

“So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great good fortune.”

“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”

“You can't have it all, all at once.”

“A gender line...helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.”

“Don't be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.”

“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”

“The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.”

“We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'”

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

“So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great good fortune.”

“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.”

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.”

“I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.”