“To those of you with your years of service still ahead, the challenge is yours. Stop doubting yourselves. Have the courage to make up your minds and hold your decisions. Refuse to be BOUGHT for a nickel, or a million dollars, or a job!”
Mary McLeod Bethune“Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”
Mary McLeod Bethune“Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”
Mary McLeod Bethune“Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.”
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“I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.”
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“From the first I made my learning what little it was useful every way I could.”
Mary McLeod Bethune“Next to God we are indebted to women first for life itself and then for making it worth living.”
Mary McLeod Bethune“Cease to be a drudge seek to be an artist.”
Mary McLeod Bethune“Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.”
Mary McLeod Bethune