Wilma Mankiller Quotes About Adversity

• My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we must react with a tenacity that allows us again and again to bounce back from adversity.

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  Character   Adversity   People  

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• 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.

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  Wilma Mankiller

  Inspirational   Running   Native American  

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• Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.

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  Wilma Mankiller

  Teamwork   Moving   Adversity  

  2004

• We are a revitalized tribe. After every major upheaval, we have been able to gather together as a people to rebuild a community and a government. Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward. We are able to do that because our culture, though certainly diminished, has sustained us since time inmemorial. This Cherokee culture is a well-kept secret.

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  Moving   Adversity   Government  

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