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Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Without faith nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Without faith nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: I do feel, in my dreamings and yearnings, so undiscovered by those who are able to help me.

I do feel, in my dreamings and yearnings, so undiscovered by those who are able to help me.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: For I am my mother's daughter, and ...

For I am my mother's daughter, and ...

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Cease to be a drudge. Seek to be an artist.

Cease to be a drudge. Seek to be an artist.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.

Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: [To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?

[To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Our children must never lose their zeal forbuilding a better world.

Our children must never lose their zeal for
building a better world.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Enter to learn; depart to serve.

Enter to learn; depart to serve.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.

You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.

Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.

I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.

The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.

Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: World peace and brotherhood are based on a common understanding of the contributions and cultures of all races and creeds

World peace and brotherhood are based on a common understanding of the contributions and cultures of all races and creeds

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: 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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

Mary McLeod Bethune quotes: Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt

Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt