"One of the things my parents taught me,……" — Wilma Mankiller
"One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself . . . and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position."
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Wilma Mankiller
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33 Quotes by Wilma Mankiller
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We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.
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Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
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America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
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Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m…
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If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and…
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Western movies always seemed to show Indian women washing clothes at the creek and men with a tomahawk or spear…
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Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.
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