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Black Elk48 quotes“It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.”
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The life of an Indian is like the wings of the air. That is why you notice the hawk knows how to get his prey. The Indian is like that.
Black ElkBlack Elk All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
Black ElkBlack Elk Women are hungry for things of the Spirit, for truths that counter the slide of virtues all around them. Visiting teaching is a measure of the heart, an unselfish work, a sacred trust that blesses both giver and receiver.
Bonnie D. ParkinBonnie D. Parkin I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.
Black ElkBlack Elk He who is well prepared is he who knows that he is nothing compared with Wakan-Tanka, who is everything; then he knows that world which is real.
Black ElkBlack Elk The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.
Black ElkBlack Elk Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round.
Black ElkBlack Elk Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
BonoBono Know the Power that is Peace.
Black ElkBlack Elk Once we were happy in our own country and we were seldom hungry, for then the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds lived together like relatives, and there was plenty for them and for us.
Black ElkBlack Elk I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
Black ElkBlack Elk You’re free to dream however you wish,” Nollin teased. “But don’t ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic-” “Then don’t ask us to share your weakness!” Jason interrupted.
Brandon MullBrandon Mull We cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
Yasmin MogahedYasmin Mogahed As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
Black ElkBlack Elk One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it’s my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs.
Zooey DeschanelZooey Deschanel The power of the world always works in circles.
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And in the end when the money is gone – will you still stay it was worth it.
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Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale In another life, you kept your word, and forever’s still ours for the taking.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Journey with struggle becomes a great tale in the future.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes I’m not asking that you take the bullet for me. I wish you’d shoot first.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.
Emily BockEmily Bock Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself.
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A good-looking piece of scenery anywhere delights the eye and elevates the spirits. Some of us, crude creatures that we are, are merely excited; finer souls draw ethical and spiritual nutrients from the sight.
Barbara HollandBarbara Holland I don’t know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don’t believe it. I don’t believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination and technically hit a baseball.
Barry BondsBarry Bonds I have seen women looking at jewelry ads with a misty eye and one hand resting on the heart, and I only know what they’re feeling because that’s how I read the seed catalogs in January.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Cato the ElderCato the Elder The world’s equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind’s ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System – the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.
Baha'u'llahBaha'u'llah This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We cannot rob our children of their future.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon When he gets mad, it’s like he’s in another world. He’ll look at you with those big eyes and they’ll be going around in circles.
Barry BeckBarry Beck
