I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only change Bessie. And honey, that ain't easy either.
Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet Cheatham Bell, 1995.
-- Annie Elizabeth Delany, (Sep 3 1891-1995), US dentist; She was a doctor of dental surgery; her autobiography (with sister Sarah), Having Our Say, was a bestseller.