Wilma Mankiller

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

— Wilma Mankiller

#adversity #cherokee #collectively #continue #down

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

#anybody #anywhere #children #controls #education

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

— Wilma Mankiller

#i #indian #into #more #run

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

#consider #decisions #encouraged #future #generations

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

— Wilma Mankiller

#never #never give up #our #secret #success

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

#career #change #chief #like #limits

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

— Wilma Mankiller

#better #better place #leaders #long-term #more

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

#around #better #better way #bias #everybody

Growth is a painful process. ↗

— Wilma Mankiller

#painful #process

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

— Wilma Mankiller

#helped #i #ourselves #person #remembered