Hopi Indian Proverbs

Hopi Indian Proverbs carry desert-born wisdom from the mesas of Arizona. They prize harmony, humility, and duty to the land, echoing dry-farming skill, clan ties, and kachina traditions shaped over centuries.

To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak. (Hopi Indian Proverb)
The rain falls upon the just and the unjust. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Truth does not happen, it just is. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
We are the ones we have been waiting for. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
When the grandmothers speak, the earth will be healed. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
A people without faith in themselves cannot survive. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
All dreams spin out from the same web. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
An angry word is like striking with a knife. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Before you take any decision, consider its effect on the next seven generations. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Do not allow anger to poison you. (Hopi Indian Proverb)
Eating little and speaking little can hurt no man. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
In age, talk; in childhood, tears. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
In death, I am born. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Never interfere in a person's decisions about what he will do with his possessions. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Take a breath of the new dawn and make it a part of you. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Take care when you speak in judgment. Words are powerful weapons. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Take your child with you where you go and be not ashamed. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Teaching should come from within instead of without. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Never help a person who doesn't help anybody else. (Hopi Indian Proverb)
The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Time isn't used, it's experienced. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
Never be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb