Quotes by Tecumseh

“When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living, If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies...”

“There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.”

“I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”

“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies i...”

“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.”

“Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.”

“When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in ...”

“Before the palefaces came among us, we enjoyed the happiness of unbounded freedom and were acquainted with neither riches, wants, nor oppression.”

“My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

“My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.”

“I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.”

“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”

“Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.”

“If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.”

“From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.”

“But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from ever...”

“If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years I would say the penitentiary thank you.”

“If nominated I will not accept if elected I will not serve.”

“Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.”

“When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.”