Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Inspiring African Proverbs



Wisdom is wealth. - Swahili

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

The fool speaks, the wise man listens. -Ethiopian proverb

Wisdom does not come overnight. -Somali proverb

The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. - Cameroon proverb

Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others. - Hema (DRC) proverb

Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem. - Akan proverb

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

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

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

A wise person will always find a way. - Tanzanian proverb

Nobody is born wise. - African proverb

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

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

Learning expands great souls. - Namibian proverb

To get lost is to learn the way. - African proverb

By crawling a child learns to stand. - African proverb

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

He who learns, teaches. - Ethiopian proverb

Learning, if you use it, increases. - Swahili proverb

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

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

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

The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat. - African proverb

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