Post by Moon Seeker on Oct 2, 2008 13:20:16 GMT -5
The 10 Best Native American Quotes:
People love Quotes. Read almost any forum post, or email, and someone has their favorite quote there for everyone to see. Quotes inspire, teach, and enlighten us. There are many Tribes of Native Americans, and many wonderful quotes and proverbs. Here are some favorites:
Old Indian Proverb: "Treat the Earth Well: It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
Apache: "It is better to have less thunder in the mouth, and more lightening in the hand"
Omaha: "The bird who is hungry cannot fly with the bird who has eaten"
Luther Standing Bear (Ogalala) "As a child, I understood how to give. I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized.
Dave Chief (Grandfather of Red Dog) "Respect means listening until everyone has been heard and understood. Only then is there a possiblility of "Balance and Harmony", the goal of Indian Spirituality
Black Elk: "There can never be peace among nations until there is first known, that true peace, which is within the souls of men"
Luther Standing Bear: "Man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard.
Old Indian saying: "Certain things capture your eye. But persue only those things which capture your heart.
Chief Joseph: "It does not require many words to speak the truth":
Chief Maquinna: "Once, I was in Victoria and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank, and white men put their money there to be taken care of, and by and by, they would get it back with interest. We are Indians, and we have no such bank, but when we do have plenty of money, or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people. By and by they return them with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our bank is our way of giving."
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People love Quotes. Read almost any forum post, or email, and someone has their favorite quote there for everyone to see. Quotes inspire, teach, and enlighten us. There are many Tribes of Native Americans, and many wonderful quotes and proverbs. Here are some favorites:
Old Indian Proverb: "Treat the Earth Well: It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
Apache: "It is better to have less thunder in the mouth, and more lightening in the hand"
Omaha: "The bird who is hungry cannot fly with the bird who has eaten"
Luther Standing Bear (Ogalala) "As a child, I understood how to give. I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized.
Dave Chief (Grandfather of Red Dog) "Respect means listening until everyone has been heard and understood. Only then is there a possiblility of "Balance and Harmony", the goal of Indian Spirituality
Black Elk: "There can never be peace among nations until there is first known, that true peace, which is within the souls of men"
Luther Standing Bear: "Man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard.
Old Indian saying: "Certain things capture your eye. But persue only those things which capture your heart.
Chief Joseph: "It does not require many words to speak the truth":
Chief Maquinna: "Once, I was in Victoria and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank, and white men put their money there to be taken care of, and by and by, they would get it back with interest. We are Indians, and we have no such bank, but when we do have plenty of money, or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people. By and by they return them with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our bank is our way of giving."
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