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Everything the power does,
it does in a circle. -
Lakota
A brave man dies but once,
a coward many times. - Tribe Unknown.
A man or woman with many
children has many homes. -
Lakota
Sioux
Seek wisdom, not
knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future. -
Lumbee
If you see no reason
for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. -
Minquass
A good chief gives,
he does not take. - Mohawk
Coyote is always out there
waiting, and Coyote is always hungry. -
Navajo
Listening to a liar
is like drinking warm water. -
Tribe Unknown
Every animal knows more
than you do. -
Nez Perce
To touch the earth
is to have harmony with nature. -
Oglala
Sioux
When a fox walks
lame, the old rabbit jumps. -
Oklahoma
A starving man will
eat with the wolf. - Oklahoma
A danger foreseen is
half-avoided. -
Cheyenne
The coward shoots
with shut eyes. - Oklahoma
It is easy to be brave
from a distance. - Omaha
The bird who has
eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry. -
Omaha
Ask questions from
you heart and you will be answered from the heart. -
Omaha
A hungry stomach
makes a short prayer. - Paiute
Do not wrong or hate
your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself. -
Pima
Make my enemy brave
and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. -
Plains
Cherish youth, but
trust old age. - Pueblo
Sharing and giving
are the ways of God. - Sauk
We are all one child
spinning through Mother Sky. -
Shawnee
Each person is his
own judge. - Shawnee
We are made from
Mother Earth and we go back to Mother Earth. -
Shenandoah
It is no longer good
enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace.
- Shenandoah
There are many good
moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow. -
Sioux
A rocky vineyard does not
need a prayer, but a pick ax. -
Navajo
With all things and in all
things, we are relatives. -
Sioux
The one who tells
the stories rules the world. -
Hopi
The frog does not drink up
the pond in which he lives. -
Sioux
A people without a history
is like the wind over buffalo grass. -
Sioux
The moon is not
shamed by the barking of dogs. -
Southwest
Regard Heaven as
your father, Earth as your Mother and all things as your Brothers and
Sisters. - Tribe Unknown
Tell me and I'll
forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll
understand. - Tribe Unknown
White men have too many
chiefs. -
Nez Perce
If a man is to do
something more than human, he must have more than human powers.
- Tribe Unknown
The soul would have
no rainbow if the eye had no tears.
- Tribe Unknown
Wisdom comes only
when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator
intended for you. -
Hopi
Not every sweet root
give birth to sweet grass. -
Tribe Unknown
Take only what you
need and leave the land as you found it. -
Arapaho
It
takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.
- Tribe Unknown
Don't let
yesterday use up too much of today. -
Cherokee
No
river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
- Tribe Unknown
Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.
- Tribe Unknown
Man has
responsibility, not power. -
Tuscarora
The rain falls on
the just and the unjust. -
Hopi
Each bird loves to
hear himself sing. -
Arapaho
The way of the
troublemaker is thorny. -
Umpqua
God gives us each a
song. - Ute
A man must make his
own arrows. - Winnebago
After dark all cats
are leopards. -
Zuni
When you die, you will be spoken of
as those in the sky, like the stars. -
Yurok
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