Native American Proverbs
Speak truth in humility to all people.
Only then can you be a true man.
(Sioux)
With all things and in all things,
we are relatives.
(Sioux)
Love one another and do not strive for
another's undoing.
(Seneca)
We will be known forever by the tracks
we leave.
(Dakota)
Each person is his own judge.
(Pima)
Do not judge your neighbor until you walk
two moons in his moccasins.
(Cheyenne)
There is no death, only a change of worlds.
(Duwamish)
The more you give, the more good things
come to you.
(Crow)
Ask questions from you heart and you will
be answered from the heart.
(Omaha)
Noone else can represent your conscience.
(Anishinabe)
Do not speak of evil for it creates
curiosity in the hearts of the young.
(Lakota)
The greatest strength is gentleness.
(Iroquois)
You must live your life from beginning to end:
Noone else can do it for you.
(Hopi)
Don't let yesterday use up too much
of today.
(Cherokee)
What is past and cannot be prevented
should not be grieved for.
(Pawnee)
Knowledge that is not used is abused.
(Cree)
Seek wisdom, not knowledge.
Knowledge is of the past,
Wisdom is of the future.
(Lumbee)
Don't be afraid to cry.
It will free your mind of sorrowful
thoughts.
(Hopi)
Listen to the voice of nature,
For it holds treasures for you.
(Huron)
When a man moves away from nature his
heart becomes hard.
(Lakota)
Take only what you need and leave the
land as you found it.
(Arapaho)
Everyone who is successful must have
dreamed of something.
(Maricopa)
Life is not separate from death.
It only looks that way.
(Blackfoot)
It is no longer good enough to Cry peace,
We must Act peace, Live peace and Live
In Peace.
(Shenandoah)
There can never be peace between nations until
it is first known that true peace is within
the souls of men.
(Oglala Sioux)
Love yourself; get outside yourself and
take action. Focus on the solution;
be at peace.
(Sioux)
Be satisfied with the needs insead of
the wants.
(Teeton Sioux)
Deeds speak louder than words.
(Assiniboine)
Inner peace and love are the greatest of
God's gifts.
(Tenton Sioux)
Do not only point out the way,
but lead the way.
(Sioux)
Strive to be a person who is never absent
from an important act.
(Osage)
We are friends; we must assist each other to bear
our burdens.
(Osage)
Silence has so much meaning.
(Yurok)
Do not allow anger to poison you.
(Hopi)
Walk lightly in the spring;
Mother Earth is pregnant.
(Kiowa)
There is a need for obedience all around
us.
(Sauk)
Sharing and giving are the ways of God.
(Sauk)
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