We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.

It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks for all voices.

The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does.

Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.

A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child

Guilt can make you doubt yourself at the very moment when you need to proceed with certainty.

Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American Indian cultures and traditions.

As long as we can remember them, our families will always be with us.

Knowledge is easy to come by. Understanding what you know takes much longer.

Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?

Prayers and love are learned in the hour when prayer has become impossible and your heart has turned to stone.

We impoverish God in our minds when we say there must be answers to our prayers on the material plane the biggest answers to our prayers are in the realm of the unseen.

It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment.

I think' she said, choosing her words with care, ; that any good impulse can be twisted into something evil.

Work hard, love what you do, put your best foot forward and never forget the kid in you.

Stay Weird, Stay Different.

Indiana Jones. I always knew some day you'd come walking back through my door. I never doubted that. Something made it inevitable.

Live in such a way that the world will be glad you did.

I hate high expectations because they're hard to beat.