So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
TECUMSEHFrom 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!
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great as the conceptions of my mind, when I think of the spirit that rules the universe.
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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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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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Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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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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When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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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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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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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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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
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