We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force. — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living. — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done,… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
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… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
I have had more than half a century of such happiness. A great deal of worry and sorrow, too, but never a worry or… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
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