You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.
Mary Mcleod BethuneRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of courage and determination in overcoming challenges, inspired by the resilience of ancestors. It suggests that we can achieve similar success in our own time.
Mary McLeod Bethune's quote reflects on the strength and perseverance shown by our ancestors in the face of adversity, particularly during the struggles against slavery. She believes that if we emulate their courage and tenacity, we too can find solutions to the challenges we face in our own lives and times, highlighting the continuous fight for justice and equality.
Themes
CourageTenacityAncestorsOvercomingChallenges
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about resilience in the face of adversity.
More from Mary Mcleod Bethune
All quotes →Enter to learn; depart to serve.
Mary Mcleod BethuneRead
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.
Mary Mcleod BethuneRead
Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt
Mary Mcleod BethuneRead
What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to make real what the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights say, what the Four Freedoms establish. While he knows these ideals are open to no man completely, he wants only his equal chance to obtain them.
Mary Mcleod BethuneRead
Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.
Mary Mcleod BethuneRead
Similar quotes
I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when i first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
Salma HayekRead
When we look squarely at injustice and get involved, we actually feel less pain, not more, because we overcome the gnawing guilt and despair that festers under our numbness. We clean the wound - our own and others' - and it can finally heal.
Desmond TutuRead
Many young people, many children, are being abused, being put down, being bullied because of their sexual orientation.
John LewisRead
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
Henry RollinsRead
This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.
Paul RobesonRead
It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.
N.K. JemisinRead