Drive peace my colleagues.
Sheng (Kenya) Sayings
~ African Proverbs
Unity is strength.
Ganda (Uganda) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
The thorn in your foot is temporarily appeased, but it is still in.
Longo (Tanzania) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
Suffering is prior to attaining success or perfection.
Chagga (Tanzania) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
The eyes of the trapper are as subject to reddening as those of the small animal (that he pursues).
Ganda (Uganda)
~ African Proverbs
Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd.
Kuria (Kenya, Tanzania)
~ African Proverbs
The chief's son has to collect firewood when destiny destroys him.
Moru (Sudan) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
The lead cow (the one in front) gets whipped the most.
Zulu (South Africa, Swaziland) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
If God breaks your leg, He will teach you how to limp.
Dagbani (Ghana)
~ African Proverbs
When a tree falls on a yam farm and kills the farm's owner, you don't waste time counting the numbers of yam hips ruined.
Igala (Nigeria)
~ African Proverbs
A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, but it is the hen who prevents it from performing its art during the day.
Edo (Nigeria)
~ African Proverbs
The eyes of the wise person see through you.
Haya (Tanzania) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
Walk on a fresh tree, the dry one will break.
Bena (Tanzania)
~ African Proverbs
A warthog eating its fill does not delight a pig.
Sena (Mozambique)
~ African Proverbs
The one who milks the cow is not the same person as the one who removes (plucks out) ticks from a cow.
Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
Love is blind.
Mende (Sierra Leone) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
A debt is not a loss once one knows the debtor.
Tembo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
~ African Proverbs
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Swahili (Eastern and Central Africa) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
A tree is known by its fruit.
Zulu (South Africa, Swaziland) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
It's better to give than to receive.
Malagasy (Madagascar)
~ African Proverbs
A person who is not disciplined cannot be cautioned.
Haya (Tanzania) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
A stone from home is worth ten from the riverbed.
Southern Tashelhayt Berber (Algeria, Morocco)
~ African Proverbs
The hyena with a cub does not eat up (consume) all the available food.
Akamba (Kenya)
~ African Proverbs
The groin pains in sympathy with the sore.
Zulu (South Africa, Swaziland) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
A stick is straightened while still young.
Kiga, Ankole (Uganda) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
A tree is known by its fruit.
Zulu (South Africa, Swaziland) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
Great fires erupt from tiny sparks.
Arabic (Libya) Proverb
~ African Proverbs
He personifies struggle. He is still leading the fight against apartheid with extraordinary vigour and
resilience after spending nearly 27 years of his life behind bars in South Africa before he became the country's first black president.
He has sacrificed his private life and his youth for his people, and remains South Africa's best known and loved hero.
During his years in prison, Nelson Mandela's reputation grew steadily. He was widely accepted as the most significant
black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength.
He consistently refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom.
( 1918 -)
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
~ Confucius
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that
increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
~ Akhenaton
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
~ Socrates
