“ 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
“ Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. 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
“ 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
“ 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… Mary McLeod Bethune
“ 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 nick… 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
“ 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
“ 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 have had more than half a century of such happiness. A great deal of worry and sorrow too but never a worry or a sorrow that was not offset by a purple iris a lark a bluebird or a dewy morning… Mary McLeod Bethune
