Mary McLeod Bethune

“The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.”

“For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.”

“Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.”

“The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.”

“I leave you a thirst for education. Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.”

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

“If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.”

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

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

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

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

“I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another.”

“Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.”

“Our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world.”

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

“Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.”

“The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.”

“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.”

“I leave you, finally, a responsibility to our young people.”

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