Proverbial Wisdom Quotes

It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.-American Indian Proverb

 

What the people believe is true.-American Indian Proverb

 

Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.-American Indian Proverb

 

Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.-American Indian Proverb

Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.-American Indian Proverb

 

When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.-American Indian Proverb

 

Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosityin the hearts of the young.-American Indian Proverb

 

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.-American Indian Proverb

 

Pray to understand what man has forgotten.-American Indian Proverb

 

Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.-American Indian Proverb

 

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.-American Indian Proverb

 

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.-American Indian Proverb

 

A good chief gives, he does not take.-American Indian Proverb

 

A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick axe.-American Indian Proverb

 

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.-American Indian Proverb

 

There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.-American Indian Proverb

 

I have been to the end of the earth,I have been to the end of the waters,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.-American Indian Proverb

 

Thoughts are like arrows: once released, they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim.-American Indian Proverb

 

Every animal knows more than you do.-American Indian Proverb

 

White men have too many chiefs.-American Indian Proverb

 

Talk to your children while they are eating;what you say will stay even after you are gone.-American Indian Proverb

 

To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.-American Indian Proverb

 

When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.-American Indian Proverb

 

A starving man will eat with the wolf.-American Indian Proverb

 

The coward shoots with shut eyes.-American Indian Proverb

 

It is easy to be brave from a distance.-American Indian Proverb

 

Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart.-American Indian Proverb

 

The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry.-American Indian Proverb

 

Respect the gift and the giver.-American Indian Proverb

 

Misfortunes do not flourish on one path, they grow everywhere.-American Indian Proverb

 

A hungry stomach makes a short prayer.-American Indian Proverb

 

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.-American Indian Proverb

 

Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed.-American Indian Proverb

 

Cherish youth, but trust old age.-American Indian Proverb

 

Sharing and giving are the ways of God.-American Indian Proverb

 

We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.-American Indian Proverb

 

Each person is his own judge.-American Indian Proverb

 

Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.-American Indian Proverb

 

Show respect for all men, but grovel to none.-American Indian Proverb

 

We are made from Mother Earth and we go back to Mother Earth.-American Indian Proverb

 

It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace.-American Indian Proverb

 

When a favor is shown to a white man, he feels it in his head and the tongue speaks out; when a kindness is shown to an Indian, he feels it in his heart and the heart has no tongue.-American Indian Proverb

 

With all things and in all things,we are relatives.-American Indian Proverb

 

Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man.-American Indian Proverb

 

The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.-American Indian Proverb

 

There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow.-American Indian Proverb

 

A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass.-American Indian Proverb

 

The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs.-American Indian Proverb

 

He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.-American Indian Proverb

 

Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river.-American Indian Proverb

 

I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'A long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future.-Romeo LeBlanc

 

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.-Dwayne Johnson

 

My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set.-Rudolph A. Marcus

 

The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.-Lafcadio Hearn

 

There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard.-John Motson

 
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