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This is just a little page full of quotes that I added to the index page of my website. I didn't want to lose my favorite quotes, so I place the old ones here! Some of them I've translated into Navajo myself with the help of some family & friends.

  • K’os diłhił dziłghá̜á̜’góó la̜’í áłah nidaalzhoodgo dziłtsí̜í̜dóó tó la̜’ígo dahashkée doo.

          The more dark clouds gather on the mountaintop,
          the more the water will rage in the river below.

    Bhutanese Proverb translated into the Navajo language
    By Daybreak Warrior

  • Nihikák’eh hashchíín binahji̜’ hool’áágóó nihééhózin doo.
          We will be known forever by the tracks that we leave.

    Dakota Indian Proverb translated into the Navajo Language
    By Daybreak Warrior

  • The more you stir a cow paddie...
          the more it stinks.

    Sam Arnold
    Logger, Farmer, Trapper, & Owner of Ox Lumber Co., Inc.,
    Ponchatoula, LA

  • íí' bik'os nineezii nahaloo nitsííts'íín k'os bii'di dah nani'á.
          Éí bidáyi' hodiniihgo t'a'iitsih.

    Like a giraffe, your head is above the clouds.
          When he has a sore throat, it kills him.

    Old Navajo Proverb

  • T'áá hwó habe'óódleehí biih jílwo'!
    They'll walk into their own trap.

    Old Navajo Proverb

  • T'áá hwó hatsííd bii' nádísdzá!
    They'll walk into their own hot coals.

    Old Navajo Proverb

  • A brave heart is a powerful weapon.

    Rudy Garcia-Tolson
    2004 Paralympic Games Gold Medal Winner

  • íí' ha'altéehgo naniltl'ah eh
    It is difficult to ride a borrowed horse.

    Old Navajo Proverb

  • In matters of principle; stand like a rock
               In matters of taste, swim with the current.

    Thomas Jefferson
    3rd President of the United States

  • We will never outgrow our need to be taught by others who are wiser and more knowledgeable.

    Beth Moore
    Founder of Living Proof Ministries

  • Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

    Albert Einstein

  • If you do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.

    Sasha Cohen
    2006 Silver Medal Olympic Figure Skater

  • Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak and esteem to all.

    George Washington
    1st President of the United States

  • I am certainly going to learn more than I will teach.

    Sandy Logue in Uganda
    Health Volunteers Overseas

countryboy79's bible verse:
"So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire
And achieve the purpose for which I sent it."

Isaiah 55:11