African Proverbs Quotes

Believe that you can make a difference; in fact, you do with every single choice you make. Your money is your power and each time you spend it, it's a vote for something, so make it count. I personally live and work by this African Proverb - If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito.

You know there's an old african proverb that i made up: "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

It is not work that kills, but "worry."

If you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing.

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

There's an old African proverb that says "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." We have to go far - quickly. And that means we have to quickly find a way to change the world's consciousness about exactly what we're facing, and why we have to work to solve it.

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

You must act as if it's impossible to fail.

Faced with what seems like an impossible task, a group of folks will do well to remember the African proverb: When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There's an African proverb: 'When death finds you, may it find you alive.' Alive means living your own damned life, not the life that your parents wanted, or the life some cultural group or political party wanted, but the life that your own soul wants to live.

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

I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust.

Many hands make light work.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.