TCODS - Tillamook County Outdoor School
Moses' Collection of Quotations
Native American - Indian Quotes
"I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love." Red Cloud, Oglala Sioux
"That hand is not the color of your hand, but if I pierce it I shall feel pain. The blood that will follow from mine will be the same color as yours. The Great Spirit made us both." Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux
"The earth and myself are of one mind." Chief Seattle, Nez Perce
"Treat the earth well; it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." Ancient Indian Proverb