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30+ Cherokee Quotes, Proverbs & Sayings Everyone Should Know

Cherokee people use a lot of sayings and expressions in daily life which offer advice and even sometimes have hidden meanings.

Check out these Cherokee proverbs and quotes below to gain some insight into Cherokee beliefs and ways of thinking. 

Below I’ve listed famous Cherokee quotes, inspiring Cherokee sayings and common Cherokee proverbs. 

Famous Cherokee Proverbs & Cherokee Sayings

Below I’ve listed the most famous Cherokee proverbs as well as some common native American Cherokee sayings. These are used often in day to day life.

  1. When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
  1. Always remember that a smile is something sacred, to be shared.
Famous Cherokee quote which reads 'always remember that a smile is something sacred, to be shared'.
  1. There is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is evil – it is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies and ego. The other is good – it is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness and truth. Which wolf wins? The one you feed.
  1. Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.
  1. Pay attention to the whispers so we won’t have to listen to the screams.
  1. The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
  1. The weakness of the enemy makes our strength.
  1. Have a vision not clouded by fear.
  1. Before you judge a man for his sins, be sure to trudge many moons in his shoes.
  1. A brave man dies once, a coward many times.
  1. There is healing in calmness and strength in humility.
  1. There is a right time and place for everything.
  1. Listen with your heart. Learn from your experiences and always be open to new ones.

Beautiful Cherokee Quotes 

Below I’ve listed a range of famous and inspirational Cherokee quotes about life, love and nature.

  1. Love only has one eye – not two.
  1. Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
  1. The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.
Famous Cherokee proverb that reads 'the secret of our success is that we never, never give up'.
  1. Listen with your heart.
  1. The Cherokee people are still here, we’re still alive, we’re still prominent. Even if we’re in a small community, we still reach across the nation.
  1. We’re still here, we’re still Cherokee. We speak our language, dance our songs, know our history, our culture, our arts. We are Cherokee.
  1. Money may talk, but it still hasn’t learned to speak Cherokee.
  1. May the Great Spirit’s blessings always be with you.
  1. Cherokee men and women had equal power in the tribe.
  1. Great Spirit, help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.
  1. The Cherokee legacy is that we are a people who face adversity, survive, adapt, prosper and excel.
  1. May the warm winds of heaven blow softly upon your house. May the Great Spirit bless all who enter there. May your moccasins make happy tracks in many snows and may the rainbow always touch your shoulder – Cherokee prayer
  1. When the blood in your veins returns to the sea and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you. It is you who belongs to the land.
  1. May it always be beautiful before you, beautiful behind you, beautiful below you, beautiful above you and beautiful all around you.
  1. Let us walk softly on the Earth with all living beings great and small.
  1. The religion of the Cherokee people was not based on the idea of a separate God. Instead, they felt a divine presence in everything around them – animals, plants, ground and sky.
  1. I see the universe, I see myself – High Eagle
  1. I’m proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it’s time all us Indians felt the same way – Loretta Lynn

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These Cherokee quotes & sayings give an interesting insight into the Cherokee beliefs and way of life.

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