When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
From Tecumseh
I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
Sell a country?! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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