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.
Mary Mcleod BethuneRead
Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Women play a crucial role in our lives, both by giving us life and enriching our experiences.
This quote by Mary McLeod Bethune emphasizes the invaluable contributions that women make to our lives. It acknowledges that women not only bring us into the world but also significantly enhance the quality of our existence, highlighting their essential roles in nurturing and shaping our experiences. The quote reflects on the indebtedness humanity has towards women for both life and its richness.
Themes
WomenLifeIndebtednessNurtureValue
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a Women's Day speech to honor mothers and women in general.
More from Mary Mcleod Bethune
All quotes βYou 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
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
Similar quotes
Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again.
Lindsey VonnRead
An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.
James TaylorRead
'Cause I'm just - I want to go to Amsterdam, and I want him to tell me what happens after the book is over, and I just don't want my particular life, and also the sky is depressing me, and there is this old swing set out here that my dad made for me when I was a kid.' 'I must see this old swing set of tears immediately,' he said. 'I'll be over in twenty minutes.'
John GreenRead
I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.
Stephen HawkingRead
in the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears.
Markus ZusakRead