African Proverbs - page 60

To try and to fail is not laziness. (African Proverb)
What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another. View proverb
African Proverb
What you learn is what you die with. View proverb
African Proverb
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled. View proverb
African Proverb
When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. View proverb
African Proverb
You cannot build a house for last year's summer. View proverb
African Proverb
You must act as if it is impossible to fail. View proverb
African Proverb
Life is like a boat you move on when you paddle and stay in the same place if not. View proverb
African Proverb
Monkeys don't advise there young ones to be careful on trees they just remind them of the distance to the ground. View proverb
African Proverb
Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food. View proverb
African Proverb
What makes a fool excited now a wise person had heard before and isn't excited. (African Proverb)
What is put in a basket before going to the market won't be the same thing returned in the basket. View proverb
African Proverb
If you keep stirring at a girl you cannot have you will never see a girl you can have. View proverb
African Proverb
If you have a poor father that is destiny; if you have a poor father-in-law, that is your mistake. View proverb
African Proverb
If you don't mend up a small crack on the wall you end up building the entire wall. View proverb
African Proverb
If you don't know the path to the spring or swamp, follow the trail of broken pots. View proverb
African Proverb
If you choose to lie down with dogs, you must be prepared to wake up with fleas. View proverb
African Proverb
If wisdom is measured by the size of the beard then the goat is a philosopher king. View proverb
African Proverb
When the cockroach decides to make the cock its friend it must be ready to end up in the cock's stomach. View proverb
African Proverb
When one hand is injured the other nurses it, when both hands are injured they nurse each other. View proverb
African Proverb
When bad luck chooses you as a companion, even a ripe banana can remove your teeth. (African Proverb)
When a stiff-necked bull stands with its four legs planted firmly and refuses to move, you cannot make it go ahead only by pulling it by the reins and using your whip. View proverb
African Proverb
Worry is like a rocking chair it swings you back and forth and it takes you nowhere. View proverb
African Proverb
You can teach other people how to learn other languages but you can't teach them how to govern themselves. View proverb
African Proverb
Open your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits. View proverb
African Proverb