The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.
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From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.Mary McLeod Bethune
Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.
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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
Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
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Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.
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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.
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