When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
TECUMSEHThe Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children; and he gave them strength and courage to defend them.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
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When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not.
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Brothers, the white people are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble and harmless, but invigorate them with warmth and they sting their benefactors to death.
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Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit.
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Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children; and he gave them strength and courage to defend them.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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