Memorable Native American Quotes

101 result(s) for Native American Quotes.
"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
"If we wonder often, we shall find strength in what we wonder about."
Native American Proverb
"The great power of the future should not be ignored: it is the unity of the tribal peoples of America."
Vine Deloria Jr.
"We are all connected. To each other, biotic and abiotic components of the world."
David Suzuki
"Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth."
Chief Seattle
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."
Gary Snyder
"A people without history is like waters without a source."
Wendell Berry
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"The land is sacred. These words are given to you so you can understand the law of the land."
Black Elk
"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more."
Tony Robbins
"A good mind is a good friend."
Native American Proverb
"A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong."
Tecumseh
"In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the next seven generations."
Iroquois Proverb
"We are made from the earth and the earth is made from us."
Native American Belief
"The only way to get rid of your burden is to carry it."
Native American Saying
"Wolves don’t think they’re bad."
Native American Saying
"In the circle of life, all things are connected."
Native American Proverb
"The soul of the nation is found in the wilderness."
Chief Seattle
"All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth."
Chief Seattle
"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
"It is better to have less thunder in your mouth and more lightning in your hand."
Apache Proverb
"Before a man speaks, he is half gone. In a respectable community, it is a sin to speak without thinking."
Blackfoot Proverb
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"We are all related."
Native American Proverb
"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
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself."
Khalil Gibran
"We do not want riches but we do want to be rich enough not to have to work."
Sitting Bull
"To be native to a place is to have the ability to be at home in your own skin."
Joseph Campbell
"Listen to the song of the earth."
Native American Proverb
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."
Anaïs Nin
"The land is really the resting place of the future."
Dine Proverb
"He who would be a warrior must be the dreamer of dreams."
Lao Tzu
"The earth has music for those who listen."
Shakespeare
"The forest is not a resource for us, it is life itself. It is not an inventory; it is a wildness of wonder."
Vandana Shiva
"Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge."
Lao Tzu
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Lao Tzu
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"When you are in doubt, be still and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage."
Native American Proverb
"The creator wants us to be happy, but we must do our part to be content."
Traditional Native American Belief
"In beauty, may I walk. All day long may I walk. Through the returning seasons may I walk.,"
Native American Proverb
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
Native American Proverb
"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
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 stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money."
Cree Proverb
"Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence."
Mourning Dove
"Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf."
Native American Proverb
"The one who tells the stories rules the world."
Native American Proverb
"We are all connected. What unites us is greater than what divides us."
Native American Proverb
"When you learn to listen, everyone is the teacher."
Native American Proverb
"The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man among men wonders at the usual."
Native American Proverb
"To be a leader, you must first learn to serve."
Native American Proverb
"A good chief gives, he does not take."
Native American Proverb
"He who would trade laughter for life does not deserve the name of human."
Lame Deer
"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."
Native American Proverb
"Realistic people are not going to take risks. They’re not going to step outside of the box of what has already been established."
Native American Proverb
"Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future."
Native American Proverb
"If we wonder often, we shall find strength in laughter."
Native American Proverb
"The bird that you set free may be the one that returns carrying the seed that will grow into the tree that bears the fruit you tasted."
Native American Proverb
"In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation."
Iroquois Proverb
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
Native American Proverb
"All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth."
Chief Seattle
"When the buffalo is gone, we will hunt mice; for we are hunters and we want our freedom."
Native American Proverb
"Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows."
Native American Proverb
"A nation is not defeated until the hearts of its women are on the ground."
Native American Proverb
"What you teach your children, you also teach their children's children."
The Great Law of Peace
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
John Muir (reflecting a Native American perspective)
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives."
Native American Proverb
"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it."
Native American Proverb
"One finger cannot lift a pebble."
Native American Proverb
"Cherish youth, but trust old age."
Native American Proverb
"A good mind possesses a kingdom."
Native American Proverb
"The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it."
Black Elk
"The old man said, 'For the people to grow, the tree of peace must spread its roots deeper and wider than the tree of war.'"
Iroquois Proverb
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a ride!'"
Native American Proverb
"If you talk to the animals, they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them, you will not know them, and what you do not know, you will fear."
Chief Dan George
"It is not the length of life, but depth of life."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (a thought reflecting native philosophies)
"The soul of the Earth is the heart of the people."
Native American Proverb
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
Native American Proverb
"When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money."
Native American Proverb
"Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children."
Native American Proverb
"All things are connected, like the blood that unites one family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth."
Chief Seattle
"The more you know, the less you need."
Native American Proverb
"A river is more than an artery of a nation; it runs through the life of a people."
Frederick W. Turner
"If you talk to the animals, they will talk to you and you will know each other."
Chief Dan George
"Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you."
Native American Proverb
"It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand."
Apache Proverb
"The earth is our mother; care for her."
Native American Proverb
"A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."
Cheyenne Proverb
"You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
Navajo Proverb
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."
Dakota Proverb
"To be in good hands is the beginning of a good life."
Oglala Sioux Proverb
"He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone."
Native American Proverb
"The art of peace is in the care of the earth's resources."
Native American Proverb
"Everyone who is born has a right to live."
Native American Proverb
"Do not judge your neighbor until you walk a mile in his shoes."
Native American Proverb
"There is no death, only a change of worlds."
Chief Seattle
"The greatest strength is gentleness."
Native American Proverb
"Life is sacred and the source of creation; honor it."
Native American Proverb
"One does not sell the land people walk on."
Crazy Horse
"Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many."
Navajo Proverb
"You learn how to cut down a tree by cutting it down."
Native American Proverb
"The tongue is the enemy of the heart."
Native American Proverb
"Peace comes within. Do not seek it without."
Native American Proverb
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