Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights, activist.
Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.The whole world opened to me when I learn
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” ~ John Lennon
Try not to make too many plans for the future today and take time to enjoy life.
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” ~ Charles Swindoll
Don’t get into the mentality that life is against you and is only providing you things that are bad, you have to realize that you’ve gotten into the habit of making neutral things bad in your own mind and responding to them in a negative way. Change the way you perceive what is happening and you can respond better and have better experiences.
“I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” ~ Nathan Hale
Life is precious and fragile and many of us take it for granted when there are those that have come before us that have given their lives to get us where we are today.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ~ Helen Keller
Helen Keller definitely has a leg to stand on when it comes to her opinion about life and what it means to live it. Born deaf and blind she was able to earn a bachelor’s degree after learning how to read and write. If you’ve been sitting back and playing the wallflower for too long it’s time to get out there are have your own daring adventure. The beauty of this quote is that a “daring adventure” can mean all things to all people, so you don’t have to bungee jump or skydive, just make sure that you’re getting out of your comfort zone regularly.
Sources: Brain Quotes
