Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a sub…

- Sandra Day O'Connor

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender

- Sandra Day O'Connor

I care very much about women and their progress. I didn’t go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that …

- Sandra Day O'Connor

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

- Sandra Day O'Connor

Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don't…

- Sandra Day O'Connor

I have always thought that while it's wonderful to be the first to do something, you don't want to be the last.

- Sandra Day O'Connor

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone.

- Sandra Day O'Connor

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

- Sandra Day O'Connor

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

- Sandra Day O'Connor