I leave you Love.

I leave you Hope.

I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another.

I leave you a thirst for education.

I leave you respect for the uses of power.

I leave you faith.

I leave you racial dignity.

I leave you a desire to live harmoniously with your fellow men.

I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people.

- Almetris Duren quotes Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune at her retirement in 1980.