It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.
Anishinabe



The rain falls on the just and the unjust.
Hopi



Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river.
Tuucarora



We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
Dakota



Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water.
tribe unknown



Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.
Lakota



What the people believe is true.
Anishinabe



There is no death, only a change of worlds.
Duwamish



Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark.
Cheyenne



It is easy to be brave from a distance.
Omaha



A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.
Iowa



One rain does not make a crop.
Creole



A rocky vinyard does not need a prayer, but a pick ax.
Navajo



When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.
Oklahoma



A starving man will eat with the wolf.
Oklahoma



There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.
Navajo



All dreams spin out from the same web.
Hopi



The one who tells the stories rules the world.
Hopi



The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs.
Southwest



Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
Blackfoot



We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.
Shawnee



Each person is his own judge.
Shawnee



You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
Navajo



Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
tribe unknown



Man has responsiblity, not power.
Tuscarora



Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.
Blackfoot



Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
tribe unknown



If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
Minquass



Every animal knows more than you do.
Nez Perce



Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.
Pima



After dark all cats are leopards.
Zuni



Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.
Kiowa



Sharing and giving are the ways of God.
Sauk



With all things and in all things,we are relatives.
Sioux



Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.
Cheyenne



Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart.
Omaha



Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
Cherokee



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



A danger foreseen is half-avoided.
Cheyenne



Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man.
Sioux



The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
Sioux



Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.
Lakota



Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you.
Hopi



The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry.
Omaha



One finger cannot lift a pebble.
Hopi



A good soldier is a poor scout.
Cheyenne



Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
Arapaho



Our first teacher is our own heart.
Cheyenne



He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.
Seneca



The way of the troublemaker is thorny.
Umpqua



You already possess everything necessary to become great.
Crow



Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves.
Assiniboine



The coward shoots with shut eyes.
Oklahoma



A man must make his own arrows.
Winnebago



To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.
Oglala Sioux



We are made from Mother Earth and we go back to Mother Earth.
Shenandoah



All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.
Arapaho



If a man is to do something more than human, he must have more than human powers.
tribe unknown



When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.
Lakota



The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things.
Hopi



God gives us each a song.
Ute



Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
Maricopa



Cherish youth, but trust old age.
Pueblo



Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it.
Crow



In age, talk; in childhood, tears.
Hopi



A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass.
Sioux



White men have too many chiefs.
Nez Perce



In death, I am born.
Hopi



They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.
Tuscarora



All who have died are equal.
Comanche



A hungry stomach makes a short prayer.
Paiute



Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
Shawnee



It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace.
Shenandoah



Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed.
Plains



The weakness of the enemy makes our strength.
Cherokee



Even a small mouse has anger.
tribe unknown



There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow.
Sioux



Not every sweet root give birth to sweet grass.
tribe unknown



A good chief gives, he does not take.
Mohawk

A good mind possesses a kingdom.
Seneca



It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Seneca