Next to God we are indebted ...

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.
Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.
 Mary McLeod Bethune

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Quotes from the same author

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.
 Mary McLeod Bethune
I do feel, in my dreamings and yearnings, so undiscovered by those who are able to help me.
 Mary McLeod Bethune
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.
 Mary McLeod Bethune
Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.
 Mary McLeod Bethune