Wilma Mankiller Quotes

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

Forward, Moving, Down

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

Success, Give, Secret

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.
Wilma Mankiller

Education, Future, Children

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
Wilma Mankiller

Future, Society, Past

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.
Wilma Mankiller

Woman, Run, Indian

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.
Wilma Mankiller

Change, Career, Young

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

Thinking, America, Place

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along.
Wilma Mankiller

Saying, Try, Problem

Growth is a painful process.
Wilma Mankiller

Growth, Process, Painful

I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.
Wilma Mankiller

Faith, Person, Ourselves

Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
Wilma Mankiller

Thought, Young, Become

There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history.
Wilma Mankiller

History, Today, Understand

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.
Wilma Mankiller

Trust, Job, Thinking

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Biography

Nationality: Cherokee

Type: Statesman

Born: November 18, 1945

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