Native American Proverbs
These proverbs are sent to me by friends. More proverbs to be added to this page would be much appreciated. Spiritwalker
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Speak truth in humility to all people. Only then can you be a true man.
(Sioux)
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With all things and in all things, we are relatives.
(Sioux)
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Love one another and do not strive for another's undoing.
(Seneca)
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We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
(Dakota)
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Each person is his own judge.
(Pima)
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Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.
(Cheyenne)
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There is no death, only a change of worlds.
(Duwamish)
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The more you give, the more good things come to you.
(Crow)
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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Walk beside me that we may be as one.
(Ute)
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Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart.
(Omaha)
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Noone else can represent your conscience.
(Anishinabe)
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Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosity in the hearts of the young.
(Lakota)
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I have been to the end of the earth. I have been to the end of the water. I have been to the end of the sky. I have been to the end of the mountains. I have found none that are not my friends.
(Navajo)
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The greatest strength is gentleness.
(Iroquois)
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You must live your life from beginning to end: Noone else can do it for you.
(Hopi)
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Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
(Cherokee)
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What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for.
(Pawnee)
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Knowledge that is not used is abused.
(Cree)
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It is easy to be brave from a distance.
(Omaha)
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Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.
(Lumbee
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Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.
(Hopi)
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Listen to the voice of nature, For it holds treasures for you.
(Huron)
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When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.
(Lakota)
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Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.
(Arapaho)
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God gave us each a song.
(Ute)
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Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
(Maricopa)
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Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.
(Blackfoot)
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It is no longer good enought to Cry peace, We must Act peace, Live peace and Live In Peace.
(Shenandoah)
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There can never be peace between nations until it is first known that true peace is within the souls of men.
(Oglala Sioux)
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Love yourself; get outside yourself and take action. Focus on the solution; be at peace.
(Sioux)
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Be satisfied with the needs insead of the wants.
(Teeton Sioux)
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Deeds speak louder than words.
(Assiniboine)
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Inner peace and love are the greatest of God's gifts.
(Tenton Sioux)
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Do not only point out the way, but lead the way.
(Sioux)
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Strive to be a person who is never absent from an important act.
(Osage)
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We are friends; we must assist each other to bear our burdens.
(Osage)
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Silence has so much meaning.
(Yurok)
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Do not allow anger to poison you.
(Hopi)
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Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.
(Kiowa)
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There is a need for obedience all around us.
(Sauk)
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Sharing and giving are the ways of God.
(Sauk)
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See how the boy is with his sister and the other ones of his home lodge and you can know how the man will be with your daughter.
(LAKOTA)
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