Knowledge is easy to come by. Understanding what you know takes much longer.

It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks for all voices.

The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does.

We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.

Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.

A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child

Guilt can make you doubt yourself at the very moment when you need to proceed with certainty.

Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American Indian cultures and traditions.

As long as we can remember them, our families will always be with us.

Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?

Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

Helping another person will instantly shift your energy. As you go from being self-absorbed to focusing on others, miracles seem to happen. And incredible impressions are made.

Professional happiness is the tonic of longevity.

At the end of the first half-century of engine-driven flight, we are confronted with the stark fact that the historical significance of aircraft has been primarily military and destructive.

I am focused, organized, and easily able to honor the priorities that need my attention.

But you need to have lived years in nothingness to understand how a person can suddenly become frightened by a possibility.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

I look for the hotels that have figured out the comfortable balance - a modern room that is well designed, and really clean sheets.