Wilma Mankiller Quotes

"America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: America, Leaders, Thinking)

"I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: Faith, Want)

"I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: Discrimination, Woman)

"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
(Related: Society, People, Decisions, Future, Generations, Leaders, Past)

"Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: People, Ability, Adversity)

"Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: Thought, Girls)

"The secret of our success is that we never, never give up."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: 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
(Related: Change, People, Career, Girls, Limits)

"We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: Trust, Job, Thinking)

"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
(Related: Saying)

"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
(Related: Education, People, Children, Future, Talk, Talking)

"Growth is a painful process."
- Wilma Mankiller
(Related: Growth)