| "Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf." |
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| A brave man dies but once, a coward many times. |
| A danger foreseen is half-avoided. |
| A good chief gives, he does not take. |
| A good soldier is a poor scout. |
| A hungry stomach makes a short prayer. |
| A man must make his own arrows. |
| A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass. |
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| A people without faith in themselves cannot survive. |
| A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick axe. |
| A starving man will eat with the wolf. |
| After dark all cats are leopards. |
| All dreams spin out from the same web. |
| All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them. |
| All who have died are equal. |
| Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart. |
| Before eating, always take a little time to thank the food. |
| Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark. |
| Cherish youth, but trust old age. |
| Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins. |
| Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosity
in the hearts of the young. |
| Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself. |
| Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts. |
| Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. |
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead.
Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Walk beside me; that we may be as one. |
| Each bird loves to hear himself sing. |
| Each person is his own judge. |
| Every animal knows more than you do. |
| Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something. |
| Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance. |
| God gives us each a song. |
| He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it, is as guilty as the wrongdoers. |
| He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. |
I have been to the end of the earth,
I have been to the end of the waters,
I have been to the end of the sky,
I have been to the end of the mountains,
I have found none that are not my friends. |
| If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove. |
| If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come. |
| If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. |
| In age, talk; in childhood, tears. |
| In death, I am born. |
| It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. |
| It is easy to be brave from a distance. |
| It is good to tell one's heart. |
| It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest. |
| It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace. |
| Judge not by the eye but by the heart. |
| Knowledge that is not used is abused. |
| Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way. |
| Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. |
| Man has responsiblity, not power. |
| Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same. |
| Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand. |
| Misfortunes do not flourish on one path, they grow everywhere. |
| Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves. |
| Never sit while your seniors stand. |
| No answer is also an answer. |
| No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning. |
| Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it. |
| One finger cannot lift a pebble. |
| One rain does not make a crop. |
| Our first teacher is our own heart. |
| Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep. |
| Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man. |
| Pray to understand what man has forgotten. |
| Respect the gift and the giver. |
| Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future. |
| Sharing and giving are the ways of God. |
| Show respect for all men, but grovel to none. |
| Silence has so much meaning. |
| Sing your death song and die like a hero going home. |
| Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it. |
Talk to your children while they are eating;
what you say will stay even after you are gone. |
| The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry. |
| The coward shoots with shut eyes. |
| The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives. |
| The greatest strength is gentleness. |
| The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs. |
| The one who tells the stories rules the world. |
| The only things that need the protection of men are the things of men, not the things of the spirit. |
| The rain falls on the just and the unjust. |
| The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things. |
| The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. |
| The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law. |
| The way of the troublemaker is thorny. |
| The weakness of the enemy makes our strength. |
| There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow. |
| There is no death, only a change of worlds. |
| There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail. |
| They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind. |
| Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. |
| Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river. |
| Thoughts are like arrows: once released, they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim. |
| To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. |
| Treachery darkens the chain of friendship, but truth makes it brighter than ever. |
| Truth does not happen, it just is. |
| Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant. |
Walk tall as the trees,
live strong as the mountains,
be gentle as the spring winds,
keep the warmth of the summer sun
in your heart, and the great spirit
will always be with you. |
| We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky. |
| We are made from Mother Earth and we go back to Mother Earth. |
| We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. |
| What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for. |
| What the people believe is true. |
| When a favor is shown to a white man, he feels it in his head and the tongue speaks out; when a kindness is shown to an Indian, he feels it in his heart and the heart has no tongue. |
| When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps. |
| When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard. |
| When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us. |
| When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. |
| White men have too many chiefs. |
| Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you. |
| With all things and in all things,we are relatives. |
| Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts. |
| You already possess everything necessary to become great. |
| You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. |
