51 Quotes by 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 nickel, or a million dollars, or a job!

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.

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

Cease to be a drudge. Seek to be an artist.

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

I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.

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.

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.