"When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes no debt, women did all the work. White man thought he could improve on a system like this?"
-Old Cherokee Saying
"Grown men can learn from very little children, for the hearts of the little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss"
-Black Elk
"I am tired of fighting...from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more"
-Chief Joseph
"Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children"
-Native American Proverb
"When a white army battles Indians and wins, it is called a great victory, but if they lose it is called a massacre"
-Chiksika, Shawnee
"One does not sell the land people walk on"
-Crazy Horse
"I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself"
-Lone Man
"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right"
-Black Hawk
"There is no death. Only a change of worlds"
-Native American Proverb
"It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand"
-Apache Proverb
"Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas"
-Blackfoot Proverb
"Those who have one foot in the canoe and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river"
-Tuscarora Proverb
"Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance"
-Lakota Proverb
"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep"
-Navajo Proverb
"Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future"
-Lumbee Proverb
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Ponderings for fun
RandomQuotes, sayings, memes, and vids from me and other people (including fictional people)contradictions are to be expected. I so love making them all.
