“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.”
"Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."
- Mary McLeod Bethune
Faith
"For I am my mother’s daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart."
- Mary McLeod Bethune
Connection to Earth
"Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough."
- Mary McLeod Bethune
Empowerment
"The whole world opened up to me when I learned to read."
- Mary McLeod Bethune
Empowerment
"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
Empowerment
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage