If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs. (Mary McLeod Bethune)
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. (Mary McLeod Bethune)
Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. (Mary McLeod Bethune)
There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it. (Mary McLeod Bethune)
When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas.... Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better. (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)
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 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)
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander. (Mary McLeod Bethune)
The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood. (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)
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