I've been collecting quotes, sayings, creeds, quotable comments, etc. for years and I have literally HUNDREDS of them! I'll try to give credit to whom ever wrote the quote as I saw it written. I hope you find one you like and keep it alive by passing it on.
~"I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy - myself."~
-Tribe Unknown
~"To gossip is like playing checkers with an evil spirit: you win occassionally but are more often trapped at your own game."~
-Hopi
~"Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the creator."~
-Mohawk
~"Beware of the man who does not talk and the dog that does not bark."~
-Cheyenne
~"Speak the truth in humility to all people. Only then can you be a true man."~
-Sioux
~"Ask questions from your heart and you will be answered from the heart."~
-Omaha
~"Always assume your guest is tired, cold, and hungry, and act accordingly."~
-Navaho
~"If you dig a pit for me, you dig one for yourself."~
-Creole
~"Do not wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not he that you wrong but yourself."~
-Pima
~"Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep."~
-Cheyenne
~"The great spirit is not perfect: it has a good side and a bad side. Sometimes the bad side gives us more knowledge than the good side."~
-Lakota
~"You should water your children like you water a tree."~
-Hopi
~"Where there is true hospitality, not many words are needed."~
-Arapaho
~"The more you ask how far you have to go, the longer your journey seems."~
-Seneca
~"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."~
-Cherokee
~"The eyes of men speak words the tongue cannot pronounce."~
-Crow
~"Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future."~
-Lumbee
~"Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you."~
-Hopi
~"He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it is as guilty as the wrongdoers."~
-Omaha
~"Treachery darkens the chain of friendship, but truth makes it brighter than ever."~
-Conestoga
~"Thoughts are like arrows; once released, they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim."~
-Navajo
~"Give your host a little something when you leave; litle presents are little courtesis and never offend."~
-Seneca
~"It is less of a problem to be poor than to be dishonest."~
-Anishinabe
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