121 result(s) for Native American Quotes About Death.
"Death is not the end. It is merely the beginning of a different journey."
"To be a man is to be one with the rhythm of the Earth. When that rhythm changes, we too must change."
"When the spirit passes from the body, it goes to join the great spirits of our ancestors."
"Life is a circle, death is a part of that circle."
"The land is alive. The land is what we are carrying inside us. Everything has a life force."
"If you talk to the animals, they will talk back to you and you will know each other."
"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."
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"Our first teacher is our own heart."
"A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."
"The one who tells the stories, rules the world."
"All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports."
"You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
"What is life? It is the flashing of a firefly in the night."
"The soul of the red man is like the heart of the warrior."
"Every seed has a purpose, and every life has a reason."
"After the rain, the sun will shine again."
"The spirits of the past walk with us in our dreams."
"Those who have passed are not gone; they walk among us."
"Life is a series of changes. We must adapt and learn from them."
"Courage is knowing what not to fear."
"Remember that your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself."
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"Death is not the end. It is a change of worlds."
"When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last river poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money."
"You have to be brave enough to walk away from the death of what you loved."
"It is the tradition of the Indian to walk a mile in the other man's moccasins."
"The earth is alive, and we are a part of the earth."
"The death of the forest is the end of our life."
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
"When the sun is shining, we can see the beauty of life, but we must prepare for the darkness of death."
"You don't have to be Native American to share the respect that all human beings should have for the earth."
"To be in community is to have the chance for survival; we will go there and do all we can to survive."
"Life is a gift, and we take it for granted to leave one day at a time and remember that death is always there."
"The body dies, but the spirit lives on."
"We are all related; we are all connected in the spirit world."
"The one who has suffered the most is the one who knows the true meaning of life."
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"Love is a gift of the spirit, and it's not contained by the physical world."
"All of nature is a gift, and with each birth and each death, we are reminded of this."
"Though we may die, we will be reborn in another form."
"Those who have died will live on in the hearts of those who remember them."
"Life is a journey with many paths; death is but another road to travel."
"Fear is a great teacher, but love is a greater teacher."
"When we lose someone we love, it’s never our heart that forgets them, it’s our mind."
"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men."
"Death is a part of life, and it’s the way we enter into the spirit world."
"When the time comes to die, I will not be afraid. I will call upon my ancestors to help guide me home."
"We return to the earth, and the earth will take care of us."
"The soul does not reside in the body; the body is in the soul."
"For the Native American, life is a journey of the spirit, not an accumulation of things or achievements."
"To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."
"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them."
"The spirit of the dead is never absent. It is always close, offering guidance and love."
"Death is not the end; it is the transition to another existence."
"We are all connected, and in death, we return to that connection."
"The death of a loved one can never be undone, but it can lead to deeper understanding of ourselves and our world."
"Death is simply the shedding of one’s physical being for the spirit to assume another journey."
"Life is a series of changes, and so is death."
"The spirit lives on, and as long as we remember, they live with us."
"In the end, it is not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years."
"You are not dead until you are forgotten."
"When a man dies, he should be remembered as he lived, and those who loved him should carry that memory forward."
"The earth is our mother. We must take care of her."
"Happiness is the life force that gives us strength amid the winds of death."
"Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight."
"The ancestors never abandon us. They guide us, protect us, and teach us in all things."
"A people without rituals for the dead are no more alive in their hearts than the dead who are lost in their souls."
"In every death, there is a lesson learned about the life we live."
"We must look for the beauty in life, even in death, for it is all part of the journey."
"We hold on to our loved ones in our memories, for memories are as powerful as blood."
"The spirit of life endures beyond physical existence; death is but a phase in our journey."
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
"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."
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."
"When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear. When that happens, the Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them."
"The ones that love us never really leave us."
"There is no death, only a change of worlds."
"The great secret of death is that it is not an end. But a beginning."
"Life is a journey, and death is just a stop along the way."
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
"The dead are not dead, they are just invisible."
"You can kill a man, but you can't kill what he represents."
"Our grandfathers were wise and had much to teach us."
"It is better to have a good spirit than a good body."
"Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission."
"Grief is the price we pay for love."
"The circle of life is our most precious gift."
"Our ancestors speak to us through our actions."
"We come from the earth. We return to the earth."
"You cannot wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
"To be in one’s own skin is to be at home in the world; it is to be as open as the winds and as mysterious as the stars."
"When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us."
"A nation is not defeated until the hearts of its women are on the ground."
"When a man dies, the land is all he leaves behind."
"To touch the earth is to have a relationship with the spirit."
"Life is a gift, and death is the celebration of life."
"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."
"Death is a part of life. We cannot escape it. We can only celebrate the moments we have."
"When a man dies, a shroud of moonlight wraps around him, and his spirit becomes part of the stars."
"We will be known by the tracks we leave."
"The soul is the essence of a person, and the life it leads continues even after death."
"To die is not to leave the world, but to enter a new one."
"Death is not the end, but a new beginning in the spirit world."
"Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them."
"Like a river flows into the sea, our lives flow into the spirit world."
"Death is simply a door that leads to another journey."
"Cherish your loved ones, for they are not gone but continue to watch over you."
"When the stars appear, the spirits of our ancestors are with us."
"Every soul is a part of the universe, and death is just a return to the source."
"The connection between the living and the dead is as strong as the roots of a tree."
"The old ones are still here; they walk with us every day."
"In the circle of life, death is just one part of the path we all must walk."
"We honor the spirits of the dead by remembering their lives."
"Death is a new beginning, like the sun setting to rise again."
"Life is a journey; death is just a rest stop along the way."
"The dead are not gone; they are part of the story that we carry."
"In the silence of the earth, the voices of our ancestors speak."
"Life is a great mystery, and death is part of its beauty."
"The spirits of those we love are never truly lost, they guide us as we walk."
"We see the spirit of the dead in the dancing of the leaves."
"From the earth we came, to the earth we return, but our spirit lives on."
"Honor those who have passed; they are the roots of our family tree."
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