Everything the power does, it does in a circle. – Lakota

A brave man dies but once, a coward many times. – Tribe Unknown.

A man or woman with many children has many homes. – Lakota Sioux

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future. – Lumbee

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. – Minquass

A good chief gives, he does not take. – Mohawk

Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry. – Navajo

Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water. – Tribe Unknown

Every animal knows more than you do. – Nez Perce

To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. – Oglala Sioux

When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps. – Oklahoma

A starving man will eat with the wolf. – Oklahoma

A danger foreseen is half-avoided. – Cheyenne

The coward shoots with shut eyes. – Oklahoma

It is easy to be brave from a distance. – Omaha

The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry. – Omaha

Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart. – Omaha

A hungry stomach makes a short prayer. – Paiute

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself. – Pima

Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. – Plains

Cherish youth, but trust old age. – Pueblo

Sharing and giving are the ways of God. – Sauk

We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky. – Shawnee

Each person is his own judge. – Shawnee

We are made from Mother Earth and we go back to Mother Earth. – Shenandoah

It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace. – Shenandoah

There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow. – Sioux

A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick ax. – Navajo

With all things and in all things, we are relatives. – Sioux

The one who tells the stories rules the world. – Hopi

The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives. – Sioux

A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass. – Sioux

The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs. – Southwest

Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your Mother and all things as your Brothers and Sisters. – Tribe Unknown

Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand. – Tribe Unknown

White men have too many chiefs. – Nez Perce

If a man is to do something more than human, he must have more than human powers. – Tribe Unknown

The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears. – Tribe Unknown

Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you. – Hopi

Not every sweet root gives birth to sweet grass. – Tribe Unknown

Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it. – Arapaho

It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story. – Tribe Unknown

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. – Cherokee

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning. – Tribe Unknown

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf. – Tribe Unknown

Man has responsibility, not power. – Tuscarora

The rain falls on the just and the unjust. – Hopi

Each bird loves to hear himself sing. – Arapaho

The way of the troublemaker is thorny. – Umpqua

God gives us each a song. – Ute

A man must make his own arrows. – Winnebago

After dark all cats are leopards. – Zuni

When you die, you will be spoken of as those in the sky, like the stars. – Yurok

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