Mary McLeod Bethune
Educator
1875-07-10
Quotes by Mary McLeod Bethune
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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!
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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!
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Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.
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The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.
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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.
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The drums of Africa 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.
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Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
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