Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
TECUMSEH
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
More Tecumseh Quotes
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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