7 Great Quotes From Native Americans on Embracing Your Powerful Inner Spirit

Alice Walker, Cherokee, and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple, once said that the “most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

”Here are seven more quotes on power and the inner spirit — from elders and young ones — that you can’t take for granted.  

“Take care of your mind. Watch your words, they are really powerful. Same with your bodies. Take care of yourself. You are very powerful.” — Sam Benally, Navajo

“One of the things the old people taught me about the spirits was to never have a doubt.” — Wallace Black Elk, Lakota

“So we are connected to the moon. That gives us power — a connection to the Earth and the moon — that men don’t know about.” — Cecilia Mitchell, Mohawk

“We are living in a time when we all need to come together and help one another. The spirits say we need to learn to get along.” —  Lakota