“In each experience of my life, I have had to step out of one little space of the known light, into a large area of darkness. I had to stand awhile in the darkness, and then gradually God has given me light. But not to linger in. For as soon as that light has felt familiar, then the call has always come to step out ahead again into new darkness.” LittlesLightFaithGivenFeltSpaceKnownStepsDarknessCourageAreasFamiliar Author: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 good ends.” MayIdeasEndsPowerfulPracticeCourageYouthDirectAfrican AmericanHave CourageBe CourageousOld IdeasCourage To ChangeUnlimited PotentialAmerican Youth Book:Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World : Essays and Selected Documents Source: Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World : Essays and Selected Documents
“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.” IfsWayCourageRocksSlaveryAfrican AmericanTenacityLashes Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
“There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.” VisionCourageSunYouthDetermination Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
