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
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.
Boris PasternakRead
People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters.
Elizabeth WarrenRead
I remember laughing with relief that the same old adolescent boredom goes on from generation to generation. ...the words took me back to my own years of stagnancy, and that terrible waiting for life to begin. [p. 68]
Julian BarnesRead
Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You're free of the gravity of what people think.
Hugh LaurieRead
I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.
James TaylorRead
For a moment, I panic. It's that feeling of falling when you know without question, that you've lost control of your car, or made a mistake that's beyond repair. 'What do I do now?' I ask desperately. 'Tell me! What do I do now?' He remains calm. He looks at me closely and says, 'Keep living, Ed... It's only the pages that stop here.
Markus ZusakRead