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Top 25 Donna Shalala Quotes (2024 Update)

Donna Shalala Quote: “In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.”

1. “In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I’ve spent my whole life with people underestimating me.”

2. “I’ve spent my whole life with people underestimating me.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.”

3. “I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “Fear drives you and makes you better.”

4. “Fear drives you and makes you better.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “You can’t have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they’re not going to hear them in America. I believe it’s part of their education.”

5. “You can’t have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they’re not going to hear them in America. I believe it’s part of their education.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.”

6. “In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I bring other constituencies – I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I’m used to working with.”

7. “I bring other constituencies – I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I’m used to working with.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “The dog doesn’t know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.”

8. “The dog doesn’t know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.”

9. “We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.”

10. “By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I’ll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration’s plans.”

11. “I’ll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration’s plans.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It’s not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers.”

12. “We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It’s not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with alternatives, fun things to do that don’t necessarily have alcohol at the center.”

13. “Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with alternatives, fun things to do that don’t necessarily have alcohol at the center.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren’t in the freshman class and aren’t graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out.”

14. “Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren’t in the freshman class and aren’t graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn’t expect it.”

15. “I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn’t expect it.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I have long ties to the women’s community.”

16. “I have long ties to the women’s community.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “We are living longer, and we need to live better.”

17. “We are living longer, and we need to live better.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they’re finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.”

18. “We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they’re finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn’t that I didn’t know what I was doing, but we didn’t have all the pieces put together.”

19. “I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn’t that I didn’t know what I was doing, but we didn’t have all the pieces put together.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.”

20. “I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.”

21. “Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I try to deal with my serious reading before work.”

22. “I try to deal with my serious reading before work.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.”

23. “Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I’m pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.”

24. “I’m pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.”

25. “I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “What you really remember at the beginning was that you have to throw a budget together. We made some terrible mistakes at the beginning in my own budget that took us at least a year to catch up on.”

26. “What you really remember at the beginning was that you have to throw a budget together. We made some terrible mistakes at the beginning in my own budget that took us at least a year to catch up on.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.”

27. “The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “You don’t want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.”

28. “You don’t want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.”

— Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala Quote: “We can’t afford as a nation – not because of money but because of our social fabric – to have large numbers of people who are not working.”

29. “We can’t afford as a nation – not because of money but because of our social fabric – to have large numbers of people who are not working.”

— Donna Shalala

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