PART TWO NATIVE AMERICAN WISDOM
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 give 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
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 give 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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