Famous Quotes

"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."

Chief Joseph on Women

More quotes about Women

• "A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Women

• "I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

  Marilyn Monroe on Women

• "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Women

• "The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Women

• "As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."

  John Lennon on Women

More quotes by Chief Joseph

• "We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone."

• "I know that my race must change."

• "I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land."

• "My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people."

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