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> [Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/faith-is-the-first-factor-in-a-life-devoted-to-service-without-it/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

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## More by Mary McLeod Bethune

> [For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/for-i-am-my-mother-s-daughter-and-the-drums-of-africa-still-beat-in/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/i-never-stop-to-plan-i-take-things-step-by-step/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/knowledge-is-the-prime-need-of-the-hour/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/next-to-god-we-are-indebted-to-women-first-for-life-itself-and-then/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/i-thought-maybe-the-difference-between-white-folks-and-colored-is/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/when-they-learn-of-shakespeare-and-goethe-we-must-teach-them-of/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/i-plunged-into-the-job-of-creating-something-from-nothing-though-i/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/faith-is-the-first-factor-in-a-life-devoted-to-service-without-it/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [ \[To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':\] Which of my sister's sons are you? ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/to-the-patronizing-train-conductor-who-had-twice-said-auntie-give-me/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/a-woman-is-free-if-she-lives-by-her-own-standards-and-creates-her-own/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/invest-in-the-human-soul-who-knows-it-might-be-a-diamond-in-the-rough/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/i-have-had-more-than-half-a-century-of-such-happiness-a-great-deal-of/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [Enter to learn; depart to serve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/enter-to-learn-depart-to-serve/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/forgiving-is-not-about-forgetting-it-s-letting-go-of-the-hurt/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

> [Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcleod-bethune/greatness-is-largely-a-social-accident-and-almost-always-socially/)

[Mary McLeod Bethune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcleod-bethune/)

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