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.
TECUMSEHPrepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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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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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
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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.
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No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers….
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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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.
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From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!
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We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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I would not then come to Governor Harrison to ask him to tear up the treaty, and to obliterate the landmark, but I would say to him, “Sir, you have the liberty to return to your own country.”
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My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
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