African Proverb Quotes

If anyone makes you laugh, it is not always because they love you.

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

The axe forgets; the tree remembers

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.

A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.

When death comes to find you, may it find you alive

The story of the hunt only favors the hunter, until the lion tells the truth!

You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win

A speaker of truth has no friends.

A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth

If the young are not initiated into the tribe they will burn down the village just to feel its warmth.

Rain does not fall on one roof alone.

When you pray, move your feet.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together