"Knowledge is the prime need of the hour."
- Mary McLeod Bethune
"Cease to be a drudge seek to be an artist."
"Next to God we are indebted to women first for life itself and then for making it worth living."
"Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race."
"From the first I made my learning what little it was useful every way I could."
"I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step."