October 10th, 2022, will be celebrated as Columbus Day as well as Indigenous Peoples’ Day across the United States and here are heart-touching quotes to share with your friends and family on the holiday.
Columbus Day commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on October 12th, 1492.
Britannica notes that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain financed Columbus’ voyage. However, the explorer was a native of Genoa, Italy.
Over the years, the day has become synonymous with honouring the contributions of the Italian American community to America.
As per The Conversation, the earliest known Columbus Day celebration was on October 12th, 1792.
However, over the years, the day also come to be known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 1990, South Dakota became the first state to officially recognize the day. Soon after, more states including the District of Columbia recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
It is meant to remember the horrors the natives of the land suffered due to America’s colonization.
In a White House press release in 2021, President Joe Biden wrote that the Ingenious People’s day is meant to honour the “Indigenous peoples’ resilience and strength as well as the immeasurable positive impact that they have made on every aspect of American society.”
Here are 27 touching and inspiring quotes to celebrate both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Columbus Day Quotes
He stands in history as the completer of the globe. — John Sterling
In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner’s heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished. — Charles Kendall Adams
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~ Christopher Columbus.
The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home. ~ Christopher Columbus.
It is easy to discover what another has discovered before. ~ Christopher Columbus.
The ocean is this beautiful unexplored place. Why on Earth everyone isn’t down there, I don’t know.” – Graham Hawkes
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. –Rabindranath Tagore
I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy. – Nnedi Okorafor
Not all those who wander are lost. – J R R Tolkien
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. – T. S. Eliot.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Quotes
The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. – White Elk
Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. – White Elk
I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man. – Sun Bear, Chippewa
I will never give up my land. – Maxima Acuna
We are the resistance of our people and territory – For there is no planet B. – Erik Marky
Finally, we will continue to contribute to our national indigenous movement from our thinking, feeling, and act as indigenous youth from the worldview that we inherited spiritually from our ancestors. – Dokera Domico
Indigenous people from every corner of the globe recognize that other species are part of nature and as human beings, we are also part of nature. – Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
You’re not selfish for wanting to be treated well. – Jason Momoa
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. – Tecumseh
Let our last sleep be in the graves of our native land! – Osceola
