Kamala Harris Quotes

“My mother had a saying: "Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last."

“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibility.”

“Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourselves in a way that others may not see you, simply because they've never seen it before.”

“Some people just can't see what they've never seen. And that's okay. That's why we have people who break ground, break glass, break barriers.”

“Don't ever listen when anyone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before.”

“Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn't mean we won't win.”

“I can imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been.”

“It's important to have people in your life who will applaud your ambition.”

“I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.”

“Being a leader means that you're going to have to make difficult calls. You have to have the courage to do what's right, even if it's not popular.”

“I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.”

“I'm a career prosecutor. I have been trained to make decisions after a review of the evidence and the facts. Some might interpret that as being cautious. I would tell you that's just responsible.”

“I believe you've got to do your due diligence.”

“I often advocate that we look at many sides of an issue, walk in someone else's shoes, and identify and reject false choices.”

“You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.”

“So many people trip in front of them because they're looking over there or up ahead.”

“I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously.”

“I'm not good at talking about myself.”

“My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.”

“My mother came from India to go to the University of California, Berkeley.”

“My mother was very proud of her Indian heritage and taught us, me and my sister Maya, to share in the pride about our culture.”

“When I was 5, my parents split and my mother raised us mostly on her own. Like so many mothers, she worked around the clock to make it work.”

“My mother would say to us, "I don't know what's wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?" You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”

“I remember when my mother bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time: the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.”

“Don't let anyone tell you who you are. You tell them who you are.”