Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

I've become a lot wiser over the years.

It's so much more interesting having life under your belt.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.

Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

You live and you learn. My son has given me so much clarity.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.

As you age, you have this vast cauldron of experience to draw from. Some of the experiences are great; some of them you wish you'd never had. But all of them shape the work that you do and the person you become. It's just inevitable.

Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.

Just as you get older, you gain more experiences, you see more things.

You can't a put a value on experience and going through things.

People mature. They learn. They get better at things. You're different when you're 45 than when you're 25.

Sometimes innocence is a good thing but I think life, experiencing different situations, different clubs, gives you a lot of knowledge.

When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.

Every experience, good or bad, is a learning process.

Over time, you accumulate a lot of life material.

I've known and seen a lot of things over my years.

After 30 years I have realized the greatest pleasure I can get is to have learnt.

The years don't always add wisdom, but they do add perspective.