Here are several inspiring quotes from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, focusing on themes of justice, equality, perseverance, and women’s rights:

On Equality and Justice:

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

2. “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”
   — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

3. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”
   — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

4. “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.”
   — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

5. “We are a nation made strong by people like you.”
   — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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

8. “You can’t have it all, all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough.”
   — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

9. “We should not be held back from pursuing our full talents, from contributing what we could contribute to society, because we fit into a certain mold—because we belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.”
   — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On Women’s Rights and Gender Equality:

10. “The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

11. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

12. “If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

13. “I think gender discrimination is bad for everyone, it’s bad for men, it’s bad for women.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

14. “Feminism… I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, ‘Free to Be You and Me.’”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

15. “When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough women on the Supreme Court? And I say, ‘When there are nine.’ People are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

16. “A gender line… helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

17. “I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On Perseverance and Work Ethic:

18. “You will have a long life of meaningful work ahead of you. Work hard for what you believe in, but don’t burn yourself out. Don’t try to do it all at once.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

19. “Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

20. “Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

21. “You can disagree without being disagreeable.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

22. “If you want to be a true professional, you will do something outside yourself. Something to repair tears in your community, something to make life a little better for people less fortunate than you.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

23. “Whatever you choose to do, leave tracks. That means don’t do it just for yourself. You will want to leave the world a little better for your having lived.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On the Law and the Constitution:

24. “The emphasis must not be on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

25. “The Constitution is ever evolving. It’s evolving in terms of what we, the people, need and want in the year 2000, 2010.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

26. “The court should never be influenced by the weather of the day but inevitably they will be influenced by the climate of the era.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

27. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

28. “The dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On Legacy and Influence:

29. “I would not be in this room today without the determined efforts of men and women who kept dreams alive.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

30. “People ask me sometimes, ‘When will there be enough women on the court?’ And my answer is, ‘When there are nine.’”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

31. “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

32. “So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.”
    — Ruth Bader Ginsburg