I hope many of you will be people that question why things are and why we have to do them the way we have always done them. I hope you will take some risks, exert some real leadership on issues, and if you will, dance along the edge of the roof as you continue for life.

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

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.

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.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.

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