Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.
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I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing ... Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the smallest part of my resources. I had faith in a living God, faith in myself, and a desire to serve.Mary McLeod Bethune
The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.
Mary McLeod Bethune
I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.
Mary McLeod Bethune
If our people are to fight their way out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of pride.
Mary McLeod Bethune
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