Geronimo

"The Great Spirit has taught me many lessons, and the greatest is that all men are brothers."

"We fought for our families, our homes, and our way of life—not for glory or conquest."

"A promise made in the morning must be kept by the evening."

"The Apache warrior does not fear death; he fears living without honor."

"I have always believed that the land does not belong to man, but man belongs to the land."

"When a man loses his word, he loses everything that matters."

"The young must listen to the old, or they will make the mistakes we have already made."

"We are made strong by what we endure, not by what comes easily to us."

"The Apache people will never disappear as long as even one of us remembers our way of life."

"I have learned that the white man's promises are written in water."

"A man who does not know where he comes from cannot know where he is going."

"The Apache child must learn early that life is hard and rewards are few."

"We did not want war; we wanted only to be left in peace on our own land."

"The greatest victory is not in defeating your enemy, but in preventing conflict."

"I have lived many winters and seen much, and I know that truth is more powerful than any weapon."

"An Apache never forgets an insult or a kindness; both are debts that must be repaid."

"The land cries out from the blood spilled upon it by those who came to conquer us."

"When the grass is gone and the buffalo are no more, the Apache will still remain."

"I have never stolen or lied, and I have lived by this code my entire life."

"The white man builds walls; the Apache builds community."

"A true warrior knows when to fight and when to surrender for the sake of his people."

"I am an old man now, but my spirit is as strong as it was in my youth."

"The Apache do not measure wealth in gold or silver, but in family and honor."

"We have been hunted like animals, yet we remain human."

"The greatest teacher is experience, purchased with the price of suffering."

"I cannot bring back the days when my people roamed free across these lands."

"But I can teach the young to remember who they are and where they came from."

"The Apache spirit cannot be broken by chains or bullets."

"In every crisis, a man discovers what he is truly made of."

"We were here before the white man came, and our bones will remain here after he is gone."