Life Quote

 

French Proverbs

1.Money is a good servant but a bad master.

2.No dish pleases all palates alike

3.Promising and performing are two things

4.Better be envied than pitied.

5.Life is half spent before one knows what life is.

6.A hundred years of idleness are not worth one hour well employed

7.Do not find fault with what you do not understand.

8.Do not rely on the label of the bag.

9.Some think they are done when they are only beginning.

10.No one will get a bargain he does not ask for.

11.You cannot be very smart if you have never done anything foolish.

12.Comparison is not proof.

13.Do not talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.

German Proverbs

14.If you want to perform a good jump, sometimes you need to start by taking a step back.

15.When you sweep stairs, start at the top.

16.No person can like all, or be liked by all.

17.Confidence begets confidence.

18.An enemy that is surprised is already half-defeated.

19.To change and to change for the better are two different things.

20.What good is it to run when you’re on the wrong road?

21.It’s hard to scare someone who thinks he will benefit from dying.

22.“It has not” does not mean “it will not.”

23.If you wish to be valued, make yourself scarce.

24.There are plenty of preachers who don’t hear themselves.

25.No lie so gross that it does not find believers.

26.An old lie is often more popular than a new truth

27.Truth that is poorly timed is as bad as a lie.

28.Lost time never returns.

29.When there is no love, all faults are seen.

30.Work is good, as long as you don’t forget to live.

31.Painted flowers have no scent.

32.Guard your mouth as well as you guard your chest.

Irish Proverbs

33.A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures in the doctor’s book.

34.No time for your health today, no health for your time tomorrow

35.Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home.

36.He is bad that will not take advice, but he is a thousand times worse that takes every advice

Italian Proverbs

37.He that will not strive in this world should not have come into it.

38.He who offends writes on sand, he who is offended on marble

39.Not every question deserves an answer.

40.If a fox is preaching, beware of your geese.

41.Beware of the person with nothing to lose.

42.The remedy is often worse than the disease.

43To the person who watches, everything reveals itself.

44.I might have lost my ring, but I still have my fingers!

45.If you stumble more than once over the same stump, you have no one to blame but yourself.

Jamaican Proverbs

46.What good a educayshun if him got noh sens.

Japanese Proverbs

47.Even monkeys fall from trees.

48.A frog in a well does not know the great sea.

49.Character can be built on daily routine

50.A single arrow is easily broken, but ten in a bundle aren’t.

60.Flattery is the best persuader.

61.Without a smiling face do not become a merchant

62.Books are preserved minds.

63.To a person that does not wander, there is not enlightenment.

64.You can’t see the whole sky through a bamboo tube.

65.The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

African Proverb

66.   Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili

67.   Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb

68.    The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~ Ethiopian proverb

69.    Wisdom does not come overnight. ~ Somali proverb

70.    Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean proverb

71.  In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb

72.   If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ~ African proverb

73   A wise person will always find a way. ~ Tanzanian proverb

74    Nobody is born wise. ~ African proverb

75    A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. ~Kenyan proverb

76   Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan proverb

African Proverb on Learning

77.    Learning expands great souls. ~ Namibian proverb

78.    To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African proverb

79.    By crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African proverb

80 .   If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African proverb

81.   Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili proverb

82.   By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverb

83.  You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. ~ African proverb

84.    You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down. ~ Bateke proverb

85.   By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. ~Ashanti proverb

86.    One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom. ~ African proverb

87.   What you learn is what you die with. ~ African proverb

88.    Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off. ~African Proverb

89.    Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
~Malagasy Proverb

90.    Traveling is learning. ~Kenyan Proverb

African proverbs on Peace and Leadership

91.    Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. ~Kenyan proverb

92.   War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying

93 .  When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful. ~Ashanti proverb

94 .   There can be no peace without understanding. ~Senegalese proverb

95.   When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.  ~ Swahili saying

96.  Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. ~ West African proverb

97.    He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk. ~ Malawian proverb

98.    An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. ~ Ghanaian proverb

99.   He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it. ~ Ugandan proverb

100.    Without a leader, black ants are confused. ~Ugandan proverb

101.   He who refuses to obey cannot command. ~ Kenyan proverb

102 .   He who fears the sun will not become chief. ~Ugandan proverb

103.   A large chair does not make a king. ~ Sudanese proverb

104.   Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom. ~ Ethiopian proverb

105.    A leader who does not take advice is not a leader. ~ Kenyan proverb

106.    If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard. ~ Sierra Leone proverb

African Proverb on Unity and Community

107.    Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~ Bondei proverb

108.   Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you. ~ African proverb

109.   Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper. ~ Tanzanian proverb

110.   A single bracelet does not jingle. ~ Congolese proverb

111.   If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African proverb

African Proverb on Family

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

113 .   A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break. ~ African proverb

114.   Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb

115.    There is no fool who is disowned by his family. ~ African proverb

116.   Home affairs are not talked about on the public square. ~ African proverb

117   When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate. ~ Ibo proverb

African Proverbs on Friendship

118   To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.  ~ Tanzanian proverb

119   Hold a true friend with both hands. ~ African proverb

120    Show me your friend and I will show you your character. ~ African proverb

121   A small house will hold a hundred friends. ~ African proverb

African Proverbs on Beauty

122.   One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem. ~Ethiopian Proverb

123 .  The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart. ~Baluba proverb

124 .   Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty. ~Nigerian Proverb

125 .  If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb

126 .  The most beautiful fig may contain a worm. ~Zulu Proverb

127.   The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman. ~Shona Proverb

128.  Beautiful words don’t put porridge in the pot. ~Botswana Proverb

129.    There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest. ~African Proverb

130.   the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty. ~African Proverb

African Love and Marriage Proverb

131.   It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love. ~ African proverb

132.   Coffee and love taste best when hot. ~ Ethiopian proverb

133.    Where there is love there is no darkness. ~Burundian proverb

134.  Love is a despot who spares no one. ~Namibian proverb

135.   Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside. ~ Ghanaian proverb

African Proverb on Patience

136.   To run is not necessarily to arrive. ~ Swahili proverb

137.   Patience can cook a stone. ~ African proverb

138  . Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living. ~ Ibo proverb

139 .  However long the night, the dawn will break. ~ African proverb (personal favourite!)

140.    Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

141.  If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.

142.  It takes a whole village to raise a child

143.  The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

144. When a man says yes, his chi (personal god) says yes also.

African Proverbs ‏@AfricanProverbs

145.  What the child says, he has heard at home. ~Nigerian Proverb

146.    A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries. ~African Proverb

147.   Kings have no friends. ~Senegalese Proverb

148.   He is like a drum which makes a lot of noise but is hollow inside. ~Sudanese Proverb

149.   If you don't want a tail of a monkey to touch you then don't attend the monkey dance. ~African Proverb

150.   If you understand the beginning well, the end will not trouble you. ~Ghanaian Proverb

151.   Where there is a will there is a way. ~Shona Proverb

152.   If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal. ~Ghanaian Proverb

153.    Befriend many, but trust few. ~Ugandan Proverb

154.   There is no physician who can cure the disease of love. ~African Proverb

155.   Home affairs are not talked about on the public square. ~Kenyan Proverb

156.    It is impossible to find a man who has everything, but it is possible to find one who enjoys the things he has. ~Maasai Proverb

157.  The elephant eats from many trees ~Kenyan Proverb

158.    The earth moves at different speeds depending on who you are. ~Nigerian Proverb

157.    A cat in its castle has lion's teeth. ~Somali Proverb

158.   To lead is not to run roughshod over people ~Kenyan Proverb

159.   No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person's teeth. ~Igbo Proverb

160.    The more feathers a chicken has, the bigger it looks. ~Zambian Proverb

161.    When the leading animal is lame, the herd fails to get to the pasture ~Kenyan Proverb

162.   Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. ~Sudanese Proverb

163.    Event an ant can hurt an elephant. ~South African Proverb

164    Even drumsticks are heavy on the way home after the dance. ~African Proverb

165.    True power comes through cooperation and silence. ~Ghanaian Proverb

166.   Whether a chief is good or bad, people unify around someone. ~Malian Proverb

167.   Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm. ~Malawian Proverb

168.    Not all winds propel the boat. ~African Proverb

169.    The sound of a drum is not determined by its size nor the skills of a drummer but by his strength. ~Cameroonian Proverb

170.    The eye cannot penetrate darkness. ~Maasai Proverb

171.    If you can walk, you can dance; If you can talk, you can sing. ~Sudanese Proverb

172.   Doing one's best drives away regret. ~Malagasy Proverb

173.   Stolen things bring in misfortune. ~Kikuyu Proverb

174.   He who has named his child stop fighting does not make bullets. ~Ghanaian Proverb

175.    If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy. ~Cameroonian Proverb

176.    If you love other people's children, you will love your own even more. ~Swahili Proverb

177.    The strong bull is overcome when it limps ~Ethiopian Proverb

178.    Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd. ~Kuria People of Kenyan & Tanzania

179.    Too much discussion leads to a quarrel. ~Ivorian Proverb

180.    It is an irresponsible adult that creates enmity because of a disagreement that arises between two children. ~Nigerian Proverb

181.    The chaser and the one who is chased get tired. ~Kenyan Proverb

182.    If an arrow has not entered deeply, then its removal is not hard. ~Buli Proverb

183.    Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you. ~African Proverb

184.   If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ~Tanzanian Proverb

185.    Copying everyone else all the time, the monkey one day cut his throat. ~Zulu Proverb

186.   One who loves you, warns you. ~Baganda Proverb

187.    One who loves you, warns you. ~Baganda Proverb

188.   Bad luck for one man is good luck for another. ~African Proverb

189.    To neglect one's ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life. ~African Proverb

190.   It is the habit that a child forms at home, that follows them to their marriage. ~Nigerian Proverb

191.    Two bulls can't stay in the same kraal (pen). ~Tswana Proverb

192.    When a strong man sends a message, he sends it with a weak man ~Ethiopian Proverb

193.   The zebra cannot do away with his stripes. ~Maasai Proverb

194.   One day of rain far surpasses a whole year of drought. ~Malawian Proverb

195.   When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead. ~Kenyan Proverb

196.   Happiness is openness to all people. ~African Proverb

197.  Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit. ~Nigerien Proverb

198.    Little by little the bird builds its nest. ~Nigerian Proverb

199.  The law is a spider's web; only the little insects get caught in it. ~Gambian Proverb

200.    A person who has children does not die. ~Nigerian Proverb

201 .   The elephant's tracks cover the camel's tracks. ~Nigerian Proverb

202.   Where there is no shame, there is no honor. ~Ethiopian Proverb

203.   A day of hunger is not starvation

204 .  The teeth are smiling, but is the heart?

205.   You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla


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