Mary Mcleod Bethune Quotes

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

"If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibilityourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything . . . that smacks of discrimination or slander."
-Mary Mcleod Bethune

"Knowledge is the prime need of the hour."
-Mary Mcleod Bethune in Knowledge quotes.

"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."
-Mary Mcleod Bethune in Courage quotes.

"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 in Youth quotes.

"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."
-Mary Mcleod Bethune in Chance quotes.

"From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could."
-Mary Mcleod Bethune

"I never stop to plan. I take things step by step."
-Mary Mcleod Bethune