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Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated,
I will not be ashamed.
Origin: Plains
Man has responsibility, not power.
Origin: Tuscarora
Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws
of the spirit remain always the same.
Origin: Crow
Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.
Origin: Lakota
Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves.
Origin: Assiniboine
No one else can represent your conscience.
Origin: Anishinabe
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have
a beginning.
Origin: Native American
Not every sweet root give birth to sweet grass.
Origin: Native American
Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it.
Origin: Crow
One finger cannot lift a pebble.
Origin: Hopi
One rain does not make a crop.
Origin: Creole
Our first teacher is our own heart.
Origin: Cheyenne
Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect
for God and man.
Origin: Sioux
Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your Mother and all things
as your Brothers and Sisters.
Origin: Native Amrican
Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to
you by the Creator.
Origin: Mohawk
Respect the gift and the giver.
Origin: Native American
Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom
is of the future.
Origin: Lumbee
Sharing and giving are the ways of God.
Origin: Sauk
Silence has so much meaning.
Origin: Yukon
Speak truth in humility to all people. Only then can you be
a true man.
Origin: Sioux
Strive to be a person who is never absent from an important
act.
Origin: Osage
Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Origin: Native American
Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.
Origin: Arapaho
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve
me, and I'll understand.
Origin: Native American
The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry.
Origin: Omaha
The coward shoots with shut eyes.
Origin: Oklahoma
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
Origin: Sioux
The greatest strength is gentleness.
Origin: Iroquois
The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs.
Origin: Southwest
The more you give, the more good things come to you.
Origin: Crow
The one who tells the stories rules the world.
Origin: Hopi
The rain falls on the just and the unjust.
Origin: Hopi
The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things.
Origin: Hopi
The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears.
Origin: Native American
The way of the troublemaker is thorny.
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