I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

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, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.

An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.

Take care how you place your moccasins upon the Earth, step with care, for the faces of the future generations are looking up from the Earth waiting their turn for life.

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.

Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.

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 strong Indian women before me.

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 the people.

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 of our children controls our future.

Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.

I was beginning to think that in life there might be some suffering that was worth enduring.

One grey cloak is much like another, just as all cats are grey in the dark.

When you are in love with someone you want to be near him all the time except when you are out buying things and charging them to him.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

Every last word is contagious.

I'm one of the few people I know who believes in God.

Obama doesn't want to be called the deporter-in-chief.

There’s always someone who knows something.

It's just me and the Bane. And I'm fighting him because he killed all of those innocent mice and people, and I have to stop him. Not because Sandwich says so but because I say so.