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Mary McLeod Bethune Quotes: Next to God we are indebted to women first for life itself and then for making it worth living.
         

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


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



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Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.



A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow.

A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow.



If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.



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.

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 love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.

I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.



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

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



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

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



We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.



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

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



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

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





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We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

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A diamond, which is the hardest of stones, not yielding unto steel, emery or any other thing, is yet made soft by the blood of a goat.

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