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 Don't be afraid to
cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts. -
Hopi
Day and night cannot dwell
together. - Duwamish
It is better to have less
thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. -
Apache
They are not dead
who live in the hearts they leave behind. -
Tuscarora
All plants are our
brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear
them. -
Arapaho
Tell me and I'll forget.
Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand. -
Tribe Unknown.
Before eating,
always take time to thank the food. -
Arapaho
When we show our
respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us. -
Arapaho
If we wonder often,
the gift of knowledge will come. -
Arapaho
Most of us do not
look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves. -
Assiniboine
Those that lie down
with dogs, get up with fleas. -
Blackfoot
In age, talk; in
childhood, tears. -
Hopi
We
always return to our first loves.
- Tribe Unknown
What is life? It is the flash of a
firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself
in the sunset. -
Blackfoot
When you were born, you
cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the
world cries and you rejoice. -
Cherokee
Those who have one
foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into
the river. - Tuscarora
The weakness of the
enemy makes our strength. -
Cherokee
When the white man
discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes, no debt,
women did all the work. White man thought he could improve on a
system like this. -
Cherokee
A good soldier is a poor
scout. -
Cheyenne
Poverty is a noose that
strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man. -
Sioux
We will be known forever
by the tracks we leave. -
Dakota
Do not judge your neighbor
until you walk two moons in his moccasins. -
Cheyenne
There is nothing as
eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail. -
Navajo
Force, no matter how
concealed, begets resistance. -
Lakota
Our first teacher is our
own heart. -
Cheyenne
Everyone who is
successful must have dreamed of something. -
Maricopa
All who have died
are equal. -
Comanche
Remember that your
children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator.
- Mohawk
One rain does not
make a crop. - Creole
Man's law changes
with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain
always the same. -
Crow
What the people
believe is true. - Anishinabe
You already possess
everything necessary to become great. -
Crow
There is no death,
only a change of worlds. -
Duwamish
Life is not separate
from death. It only looks that way. -
Blackfoot
You can't wake a person
who is pretending to be asleep. -
Navajo
It is less of a
problem to be poor, than to be dishonest. -
Anishinabe
One finger cannot
lift a pebble. -
Hopi
Beware of the man who does
not talk, and the dog that does not bark. -
Cheyenne
All dreams spin out
from the same web. -
Hopi
He who would do
great things should not attempt them all alone. -
Seneca
Even a small mouse
has anger. - Tribe Unknown
If a man is as wise as a
serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove. -
Cheyenne
Treat the earth well: it was not given to
you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not
inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
- Tribe Unknown
The rainbow is a
sign from Him who is in all things. -
Hopi
Walk lightly in the
spring; Mother Earth is pregnant. -
Kiowa
When a man moves away from
nature his heart becomes hard. -
Lakota
Old age is not as honorable as
death, but most people want it. -
Crow
Many have fallen with the bottle in
their hand. -
Lakota
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