Enter to learn; depart to serve.

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

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 fo…

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

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

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

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

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing.... Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the smallest part of my resour…

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

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

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

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

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

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

- Mary Mcleod Bethune

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 go…

- Mary Mcleod Bethune