What the people believe is true. Anishinabe
Indian Proverb Quotations
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I will not criticize another until I have walked a mile in his mocassins.
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
Every animal knows more than you do. Nez Perce
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. Navajo
Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.
A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass. Sioux
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
Man has responsiblity, not power. Tuscarora
After dark all cats are leopards. Zuni
We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children.
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Minquass