Inspirational Words of Wisdom

African Proverbs

May 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!

Don't set sail on someone else's star.
African Proverb

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.
African Proverb

A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
African Proverb

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
African Proverb

It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.
African Proverb

A chattering bird builds no nest.
African Proverb

If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
African Proverb

When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well,
but few will be ready to go down after it.
African Proverb

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
African Proverb




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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.
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A good deed is something one returns.
African Proverb

A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense,
when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
African Proverb

He who learns, teaches.
African Proverb

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
African Proverb

It is not work that kills, but worry.
African Proverb

Seeing is different than being told.
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
African Proverb

Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
African Proverb

A stream cannot rise about its source.
African Proverb

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
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A ripe melon falls by itself.
African Proverb

Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
African Proverb

Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
African Proverb

One must talk little and listen much.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
African Proverb

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
African Proverb

Having a good discussion is like having riches.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
African Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like
carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
African Proverb

He who does not know one thing knows another.
African Proverb

A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
African Proverb

When God cooks, you don't see smoke.
African Proverb

One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
African Proverb

Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
African Proverb