Memorable Native American Quotes About Life

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"The frog does not jump in the daytime without a plan."
African and Native American Proverb
"Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand."
Native American Proverb
"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."
Cree Proverb
"The more you give, the more you have."
Native American Proverb
"One does not sell the land people walk on."
Crazy Horse
"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
Rumi, quoted in Native American wisdom
"If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come."
Native American Proverb
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"To be a good leader, one must be a good follower."
Native American Proverb
"We are all connected. What we do to the earth, we do to ourselves."
Native American Proverb
"Pray about everything, worry about nothing."
Native American Proverb
"A good mind is a good friend."
Native American Proverb
"You can’t see the path in front of you until you take the next step."
Native American Proverb
"The wind that moves the leaves also moves the heart."
Native American Proverb
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius, quoted in Native American wisdom
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
John Muir, quoted in Native American context
"No man or woman is an island. We are all connected."
Native American Proverb
"The strength of the wolf is in the pack."
Native American Proverb
"The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth."
Chief Seattle
"The more you know the less you need."
Native American Proverb
"It is through this mystery of nature that we can feel and understand life."
Chief Yellow Lark
"To be a person is to be a part of the earth."
N. Scott Momaday
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"The sacred places are not in the ground, they are in our hearts."
Bennett Willman
"There can be no peace without justice."
Desmond Tutu, often echoed in Native discourse
"We are all connected to each other and to the earth."
Oren Lyons
"Listen to the whisper of the wind; you may hear the dream of your ancestors."
Native American Proverb
"Life is not separate from death. It is part of it."
Native American Teaching
"All things share the same breath—the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports."
Chief Seattle
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation."
Audre Lorde, often referenced in Native contexts
"To be at peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."
Native American Proverb
"Life is a circle. The more we learn to live in harmony, the more we will understand our purpose."
Jim Northrup
"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children."
Sitting Bull
"Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission."
Mourning Dove
"We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren, and children's children."
Theodor Roosevelt, often referenced by Native leaders
"The birds and the animals are not our cousins, they are our brothers and sisters."
Native American Teaching
"You can’t move forward if you’re always looking back."
Native American Proverb
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"What you do now will echo in eternity."
Marcus Aurelius, often echoed in Native teachings
"The soul never thinks without a picture."
Aristotle, relating to Native understandings of vision
"Let us be like the water that flows in the river, turning with the currents of life."
Terry Tafoya
"In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation."
Iroquois Proverb
"The more you know, the less you need."
Native American Proverb
"A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."
Cheyenne Proverb
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."
Gary Snyder
"We all need to find our own way, no matter how long it takes."
Eagle Feather
"Before eating, always take time to thank the food."
Native American Proverb
"Wisdom is like a river; the wider it is, the deeper it gets."
Native American Proverb
"Every animal knows more than you do."
Native American Proverb
"Friendship is like a tree; it is not measured by how tall it could grow, but how deep the roots have grown."
Native American Proverb
"Life is the flower for which love is the honey."
Victor Hugo
"We are all connected, to each other, to the earth, to the sea, to the sky."
Native American Proverb
"It is through this mysterious power that we too have our power. For we all come from the earth and it is in the earth that we find our strength."
Indigenous Wisdom
"Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks."
Native American Proverb
"You can’t get away from the heart. It is deep and full."
Native American Proverb
"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Everything the Power does is done in a circle."
Lakota Proverb
"What you do for yourself dies with you; what you do for others is immortal."
Native American Proverb
"The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth."
Native American Proverb
"The greatest strength is to be able to see the good in everything."
Navajo Proverb
"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
Native American Proverb
"A good chief gives, he does not take."
Native American Proverb
"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it."
Native American Proverb
"If we wonder often, we shall find strength in everything we encounter."
Native American Proverb
"All things are connected like the blood that unites one family."
Chief Seattle
"When the earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear. When that happens, the warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them."
Chief Seattle
"To be at one with nature is to respect those natural things that nourished your mind, body, and spirit."
Native American Proverb
"The greatest strength is in gentleness."
Native American Proverb
"It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand."
Native American Proverb
"Do not let your emotions control your reason."
Native American Proverb
"A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times."
Native American Proverb
"Our first teacher is our own heart."
Native American Proverb
"The circle is sacred. The circle of life is sacred. The circle of love is sacred."
Native American Proverb
"What is life without hope?"
Native American Proverb
"Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a job to do."
Native American Proverb
"The one who tells the stories rules the world."
Native American Proverb
"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace."
Native American Proverb
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."
Native American Proverb
"The land is my mother; the trees are my brothers."
Native American Proverb
"Life’s a journey, not a destination."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way."
Native American Proverb
"The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth."
Chief Seattle
"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."
Crowfoot
"We are all related."
Native American Proverb
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Native American Saying
"Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf."
Native American Proverb
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
Indian Proverb
"A people without a history is like a tree without roots."
Malcolm X
"Those who possess no proof of their past, have no future."
Cheyenne Proverb
"It is better to have a single bird in hand than ten in the bush."
Native American Proverb
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
Native American Proverb
"Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant."
Native American Proverb
"The more we give, the more we have."
Native American Proverb
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives."
Native American Proverb
"If you talk to the animals, they will talk back to you and you will know each other."
Chief Dan George
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"He who would be a leader must be a bridge."
Native American Proverb
"The greatest strength is gentleness."
Native American Saying
"I am because we are."
African Proverb
"Honor the sacred. Honor the earth. Honor your elders. Honor all with whom you share this planet."
Native American Proverb
"When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us."
Alice Walker
"You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
Native American Proverb
"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness."
Jean de La Bruyère
"Take only what you need, and leave the land as you found it."
Native American Proverb
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
Confucius
"A good man has no enemies."
Native American Proverb
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