Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.

I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.

I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world. From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.

Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun. Will we let ourselves be destroyed in our turn without a struggle, give up our homes, our country bequeathed to us by the Great Spirit, the graves of our dead and everything that is dear and sacred to us? I know you will cry with me, 'Never! Never!'