Top 33 Wendy Davis Quotes

Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that’s true.

Real Texans don’t want any woman to die of cancer because she can’t get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don’t want any woman to lose control of her life because she can’t get birth control.

Texas really is the greatest state in the greatest nation. Texans – and women all over the country – deserve leaders that care, that listen, and that work to protect their interests.

I have super-supercurly hair, and it’s a constant struggle.

When you’re serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.

I think you have to be careful. You have to know exactly what is going to resonate with voters. And you can’t get ahead of that. You have to be very careful with your approach.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – what a joke. In my district, we caught them lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale. They are playing with the health and safety of our communities, and we are going to tell them that is not acceptable.

I’m a very competitive person. You won’t change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don’t win. But I do hate losing.

I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.

It’s my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation.

When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, ‘What? She’s not a Democrat. She’s a Republican.’ I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn’t necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn’t driven by that.

We can’t accept that it’s O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.

I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected for that seat.

We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you start has nothing to do with how far you can come.

I’ve never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that’s not afraid of political consequence.

If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

We need to get away from labels. That’s the way people talk in Washington, D.C. – through labels, through ideological frames, through partisan frames.

I was one of those kids that could just show up and take the test and do well on it. I didn’t study a whole lot.

Texans don’t want to sit back and watch Austin turn into Washington, D.C. State leaders in power keep forcing people to opposite corners to prepare for a fight instead of coming together to get things done.

Let’s make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.

As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I’ve been targeted by the GOP for my outspoken criticism of their extremist attacks on public education and voting rights, to name just two examples.

Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.

Texas is not really a red state – it’s just a non-voting state.

Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn’t be the status quo. It’s time for a governor who believes that you don’t have to buy a place in Texas’ future.

While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few facilities in Texas to provide this essential care. In 2008, 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider.

I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I’ve been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn’t walked a day in my shoes.

Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It’s time for a governor who believes that you don’t have to buy a place in Texas’ future. It’s time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.

Let’s face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.

Real Texans believe in looking out for each other. We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents – our children – healthy.

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

I’m happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.

I’m not an overnight sensation. I’m a Texan. And I’m a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.

My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.