The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It is the blood of our ancestors. ~ Plenty Coups (Aleek-chea-ahoosh) Crow chief Dont 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 Ill forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and Ill 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 Mans 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 cant 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 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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