Inspirational Words of Wisdom
African ProverbsMay these inspirational sayings in the form of African Proverbs inspire you. You will find the phrases express the wisdom of time. Many are old adages however, are expressions that still apply today. Enjoy the words of wisdom found in them! |
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African Proverb
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal,
but the cut of the tongue does not.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.
A chattering bird builds no nest.
If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well,
For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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More inspiraitonal African proverbs: To try and to fail is not laziness. African Proverb
If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
A good deed is something one returns.
A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense,
He who learns, teaches.
Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
It is not work that kills, but worry.
Seeing is different than being told.
There is no medicine to cure hatred.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
A stream cannot rise about its source.
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
A ripe melon falls by itself.
Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
One must talk little and listen much.
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
Having a good discussion is like having riches.
Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like
Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
He who does not know one thing knows another.
A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
When God cooks, you don't see smoke.
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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