Mary McLeod Bethune Quotes

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division. ...more

Birth: July 10, 1875 - Death: May 18, 1955

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

Topic(s): Inspirational , Soul , Determination

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

Topic(s): World , Believe , Inspirational

Forgiving is not about forgetting, it’s letting go of the hurt.

Topic(s): Forget , Hurt , Forgiving

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

Topic(s): Firsts , Life , Next

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

Topic(s): Firsts , Life , Impossible

Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.

Topic(s): Social , Greatness , Accidents

Education is the great American adventure, the world’s most colossal democratic experiment.

Topic(s): World , Education , Learning

Enter to learn; depart to serve.

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

Topic(s): World , Children , Loses

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.

Topic(s): Accepting , Responsibility , Peace

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

Topic(s): Way , Firsts , Littles

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.

Topic(s): Ends , Powerful , Youth

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Mary McLeod Bethune Quotes