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I'm proud of my Native American heritage and believe
that many of the fundamental laws and doctrines of our forefathers are as pertinent today as they were
in years gone by. This is why I decided to add a page of quotes and proverbs to my site and I hope you enjoy
their simple elegance and timeleless wisdom as much as I do.
Mary Jemison ...The primary source of my Native American heritage.
Click on the pic to read her story
A brave man dies but once; a coward many
times ~Unknown
Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins
~Unknown
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life
so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
~Cherokee
Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of
the spirit remain always the same.
~Crow
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
~Dakota
There is no death, only a change of worlds.
~Duwamish
Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the
life the Creator intended for you.
~Hopi
Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of
the future.
~Lumbee
Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
~Maricopa
Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you
by the Creator.
~Mohawk
Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your Mother and all things
as your Brothers and Sisters. ~Unknown
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
~Navajo
Every animal knows more than you do.
~Nez Perce
To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.
~Oglala
Sioux
It is easy to be brave from a distance.
~Omaha
Cherish youth, but trust old age.
~Pueblo
Each person is his own judge.
~Shawnee
It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live
peace and live in peace.
~Shenandoah
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve
me, and I'll understand. ~Unknown
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the
sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to
himself.
~Chief Seattle
A Sioux Prayer
Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
Whose breath gives life to
the world, hear me
I come to you as one of your many children
I am small and weak
I need your strength and wisdom
May I walk in beauty
Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make
my hands respect the things you have made
And my ears sharp to your voice.
Make me wise so that I may know the things
you have taught your children.
The lessons you have written in every leaf and rock
Make me strong
Not to
be superior to my brothers, but to fight my greatest enemy....myself
Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes,
So that when life fades
as the fading sunset,
May my spirit come to you without shame.
~Unknown
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