128 result(s) for Funny American Indian Quotes.
"I think the greatest thing that could happen to anyone in the world would be to have an Indian name, like 'He Who Shakes the Buddhas', or 'The One Who Never Stops Talking'."
"If you see a man in a canoe, don’t point and laugh. Just wave and wish him luck. He might be wearing his birthday suit."
"The only way to get a little Indian in you is to marry one."
"When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us."
"A very wise man once said, 'You can't have everything. Where would you put it?'"
"The wind is my father, the sun is my mother, and the earth is my life."
"I'm looking for a guy who’s a lot like a chicken. He should be smart, good-looking, and always be on the move."
Can't find the quotes you're looking for?
"It’s better to have your enemies inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in."
"The Indian is not a savage; the savage is not an Indian."
"When a man moves away from nature, his heart becomes hard."
"Don't be afraid to be the first to make a move. Just be prepared to catch a lot of arrows."
"Sometimes you get what you want. Other times, you get what you need. At least that’s what my wife says."
"You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him."
"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice."
"They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind."
"The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know."
"Put your ear to the ground and listen to the earth. It tells you everything."
"If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito."
"Every man is a child of the earth."
"A man wasn’t born to be defeated. He can be destroyed but never defeated."
"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, instead of saying the things you think people want to hear."
Can't find the quotes you're looking for?
"The creators of the world cannot be removed from it."
"If the world was a giant pie, I'd want a piece and a drink."
"Don't let your worries get the best of you; remember, even Moses was a basket case."
"Some people are like a slinky. Not really good for anything, but you can't help but smile when they fall down the stairs."
"We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons."
"I think that we’re all in positions of leadership, whether we realize it or not."
"When you have a song in your heart, you just have to share it."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
"I learned that I could enjoy life without needing a lot of money or things."
"As long as the grass shall grow and the rivers run, the land and the people will never part."
"Your real self is the one that watches your behavior."
"I have learned that we have to be honest with each other, and we cannot ignore the truth."
"We're not just the survivors of this world; we are the caretakers of this world."
"If you have a bare tree, you can paint it in any color you want."
Can't find the quotes you're looking for?
"The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth."
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
"I think of it as a miracle when I can help someone feel better, even if it’s just a little bit."
"If we don’t find a way to have humor in our communities, we will burn out."
"To be a mother, it’s still just the same as it has been for thousands of years."
"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you’ll learn things you never knew."
"I’m a storyteller; that’s what I do."
"Laughter is medicine for the soul."
"It’s better to have a wolf at the door than a shaman in your head."
"Behind every great man is a great woman rolling her eyes."
"Seriousness is a disease."
"I appreciate the humor and the lightheartedness of life."
"You can’t be afraid to do what you love; that’s how you get better at it."
"I always thought that the best part of aging was not giving a damn."
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't."
"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
"If you talk to the animals, they will talk back to you; if you do not talk to them, you will not hear their answer."
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
"What the Indians have done to the white man is nothing compared to what the white man has done to the Indian."
"A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning."
"They are not all the same – some are wise, some are foolish, some are playful."
"When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, and the last river poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money."
"Take only pictures, leave only footprints."
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
"It is better to have no opinion than to have an opinion in the wrong direction."
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
"A good man knows his limitations, but a wise man knows his strengths."
"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."
"I've never seen a deer yet that had a head on a plaque that was running around."
"You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream, and that’s kind of the same thing."
"Indians are like trees. Some grow tall, some grow short, some are different colors, but all share the same roots."
"Like a tree, we can blow in the wind but still stay rooted."
"If you listen to the wind, you can hear the whispers of our ancestors."
"To be a warrior is not a simple thing. It does not mean a desire to fight. It is a life long commitment to work."
"Sometimes the best way to talk is to listen."
"You can’t make everyone happy; you’re not pizza."
"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."
"If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."
"When a man is at peace with his conscience, he is a man at peace."
"The only way to avoid being unhappy is to be very, very simple."
"We’re all human beings and we all have these things we go through, and when we can laugh together, it connects us in a way."
"It’s a great life if you don’t weaken."
"The more we do, the more we can do."
"A good way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
"To laugh at yourself is to love yourself."
"Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace."
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."
"If I had a dollar for every time I said something funny, I'd have a dollar."
"It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog."
"I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
"A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes."
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
"I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right."
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."
"You don’t have to be crazy to be my friend. But it helps."
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
"We all have errors, but those errors can only teach us if we pay attention."
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
"I know what I lost. I know what you lost. I don’t want to lose that."
"A good Indian is a dead Indian."
"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito."
"We can’t eat money, and we can’t drink oil."
"There is no deadlier weapon than the man who knows he is right."
"You can’t make your parents go away. You can’t make them go away any faster than you could make them come here."
"Don't worry, they don't bite unless you tell them to."
"When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money."
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."
"If the earth is sick, we are sick. If the land is dying, we are dying."
"Better to have a handful of grass than an empty wasteland."
"If you want to see what the people will think, you must not think too much yourself."
"Only the Great Spirit, the Creator knows what’s in the soul of a man."
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
"Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop."
"The Creator made all things, but He did not make every man the same."
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
"A man's mind is not a coffin to put ideas in, but a shell to be cracked open."
"I never get lost, but sometimes I get confused."
"A hungry stomach cannot hear."
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
"If you speak, you are forgotten. If you write, you will remain."
"When you have a good enemy, no body can call you a coward."
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- and maybe bears."
"In life, the only way to get ahead is to keep your head up."
"Happiness is a warm puppy."
Can't find the quotes you're looking for?
