Creative Quotations from Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Mary McLeod Bethune
(1875-1955) born on Jul 10

US educator, writer. She was active in national black affairs and a special adviser to FDR on the problems of minority groups.

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

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 resources. I had faith in a living God, faith in myself, and a desire to serve.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

If our people are to fight their way out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of pride.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Women of Faith and Spirit."
R:	"Faith That Moved a Dump Heap," In "Who, the Magazine about People," Jun 1941.
A:	In "The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes," by Carolyn Warner, 1992.
N:	A Centry of Progress of Negro Women," Chicago Women's Federation, June 30, 1935.
K:	In "The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes," by Carolyn Warner, 1992.