Chief Joseph Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

  Chief Joseph

  Love, Spiritual, Believe

• It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

  Chief Joseph

  Broken Heart, Sick, Broken Promises

• I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.

  Chief Joseph

  Tired, Native American, Heart

• Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.

  Chief Joseph

  Death, Children, Heart

• Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where they can live in peace and take care of themselves. I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and broken promises.

  Chief Joseph

  Home, Tired, Heart

• Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.

  Chief Joseph

  Tired, Native American, Heart

  Speech in surrendering to General Nelson Appleton Miles, October 05, 1877.

• I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

  Chief Joseph

  Heart, People, My Heart

• I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.

  Chief Joseph

  Truth, Believe, Heart

• It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

  Chief Joseph

  Strong, War, Heart

• When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.

  Chief Joseph

  Hurt, Heart, Men

• I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

  Chief Joseph

  Country, Giving Up, War

• When I think of our condition, my heart is heavy. I see men of my own race treated as outlaws and driven from country to country, or shot down like animals.

  Chief Joseph

  Country, Heart, Animal

  Lincoln Hall Speech in Washington D.C., January 14, 1879.

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