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Quotes from Nannie Helen Burroughs

Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.
~ Nannie Helen Burroughs
Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.
~ Nannie Helen Burroughs
When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.
~ Nannie Helen Burroughs
Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.
~ Nannie Helen Burroughs