Thoughts are like arrows;

once release, they strike their mark.

Guard them well or one day you may

be your own victim.

[ Navajo ]

Always look at your moccasin

tracks first before you speak of

another's faults.

Talk was given to the people

for good.

[ Sauk ]

Life is as the flash of the firefly

in the night, the breath of the

buffalo in winter time.

Life is not separate from death.

It only looks that way.

Those that lie down with dogs

get up with fleas.

[ Blackfoot ]

Love one another

and do not strive

for another's undoing.

Know that we are eager

to share our gifts;

in the name of love.

The more you ask

how far you have to go,

the longer the journey seems.

[ Seneca ]

Never let things slide;

keep a steady hold,

each one of you upon yourself.

Do not throw away your life

simply to spite another.

Dreams count;

the Spirits have pitied us

and guided us.

Knowledge that is not used,

is abused.

[ Cree ]

Work hard,

keep the ceremonies,

live peacefully,

and unite your hearts.

A people without faith in themselves

cannot survive.

One finger cannot lift a pebble.

Wisdom comes only when you stop

looking for it and start living the life

the Creator intended for you.

To gossip is like playing checkers

with an evil spirit;

you win occasionally,

but are more often trapped

at your own game.

You must live your life from

beginning to end;

no one else

can do it for you.

Let no one speak ill of the absent.

[ Hopi ]

There can never be peace between nations

until it is first known that true peace is

within the souls of men.

To touch the earth is to have

harmony with nature.

We should be as water,

which is lower than all things,

yet stronger even than the rocks.

[ Oglala Sioux ]

They are not dead

who live in the hearts

they leave behind.

[ Tuscarora ]

Our first teacher

is own own heart.

Beware of the man who

does not talk,

and the dog that

does not bark.

Our pleasures are shallow,

our sorrows are deep.

Judge not by the eye but

by the heart.

[ Cheyenne ]

The eyes of men speak words the tongue

cannot pronounce.

[ Crow ]

When man moves away from nature

his heart becomes hard.

[ Lakota ]

Remember that your children

are not your own,

but are lent to you

by the Creator.

[ Mohawk ]

The weakness of the enemy

makes our strength.

Don't let yesterday

use up too much of today.

[ Cherokee ]