Inspiring African Proverbs

Inspiring African Proverbs

What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn. -African proverb

By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. -Ghanaian proverb

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

You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla. -Congolese proverb

What you learn is what you die with. - African proverb

Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone. -Moroccan Proverb

When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. -Ghanaian Proverb

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

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

Traveling is learning. -Kenyan Proverb

Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners. -Swahili Proverb

Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. -Kenyan proverb

War has no eyes - Swahili saying

When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful. -Ghanaian proverb

Peace does not make a good ruler. -Botswana proverb

A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow. - Lesotho proverb

There can be no peace without understanding. -Senegalese proverb

Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully. - African proverb

If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war. - Somalian proverb

When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield. -Ugandan proverb

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

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

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

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

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