Mary McLeod Bethune

"If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander."

- Mary McLeod Bethune

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

- Mary McLeod Bethune

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

- Mary McLeod Bethune

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

- Mary McLeod Bethune

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

- 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

"We have a powerful potential in our 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

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

- 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