Wilma Mankiller Quotes

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• I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education…
• I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking…
• It's like everybody's sitting there and they have some kind of veil over their face, and they look at each other through this veil that…
• We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.
• Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
• America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
• Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge,…
• The happiest people I've ever met, regardless of their profession, their social standing, or their economic status, are people that are fully engaged in the…
• If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.
• Western movies always seemed to show Indian women washing clothes at the creek and men with a tomahawk or spear in their hands, adorned with…
• Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.
• My name is Mankiller, and in the old Cherokee Nation, when we lived here in the Southeast, we lived in semi-autonomous villages, and there was…
• It should be remembered that hundreds of people of African ancestry also walked the Trail of Tears with the Cherokee during the forced removal of…
• Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.
• Every single person has leadership ability. Some step up and take them. Some don't. My answer was to step up and lead.
• We celebrate Thanksgiving along with the rest of America, maybe in different ways and for different reasons. Despite everything that's happened to us since we…
• Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by…
• My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we must react with a tenacity…
• The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.
• In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect…

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