Great Throughts Treasury

"The young bird does not crow until it hears the old ones. ? Tswana proverb"

"There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns. ? African Proverb"

"There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ? your mind and your mouth."

"There can be no peace without understanding. ? Senegalese proverb"

"There is no beauty but the beauty of action. ? Moroccan Proverb"

"There is no medicine against old age. - Accra Proverb, Ghana Proverb"

"The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba Proverb"

"There is always a winner even in a monkey?s beauty contest. ? African Proverb"

"There is no fool who is disowned by his family. ? African proverb"

"There is no medicine to cure hatred."

"There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia Proverb"

"They ate our food, and forgot our names. ? Tunisian Proverb"

"There is no phrase without a double meaning."

"Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup. ? Zimbabwean Proverb"

"Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life. ? Malawian Proverb"

"Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble."

"Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant."

"Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up. - Cape Coast, Ghana Proverb"

"Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face. ? Moroccan Proverb"

"To be happy in one's home is better than to be a chief. Yoruba, Nigeria Proverb"

"To be without a friend is to be poor indeed. ? Tanzanian proverb"

"To be praised is to be lost. - Kikuyu, Kenya Proverb"

"To love someone who does not love you is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall. - Congo Proverb"

"To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better. ? Wolof proverb"

"To get lost is to learn the way. ? African proverb"

"To run is not necessarily to arrive. ? Swahili proverb"

"To try and to fail is not laziness."

"Traveling is learning. ? Kenyan Proverb"

"Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper. ? Tanzanian proverb"

"Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue."

"Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off."

"Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty. ? Nigerian Proverb"

"War is not porridge. ? Gikuyu Proverb"

"Unity is strength, division is weakness. ? Swahili proverb"

"War has no eyes ? Swahili saying"

"Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter."

"We start as fools and become wise through experience."

"We desire to bequeath two things to our children; the first one is roots, the other one is wings. ? Sudanese proverb"

"Water is colorless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food. ? African Proverb"

"Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ? Swahili proverb"

"Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use. ? Nigeria"

"What you give you get, ten times over. ? Yoruba"

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

"When a fool is cursed, he thinks he is being praised."

"What you learn is what you die with. ? African proverb"

"When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful. ? Ashanti proverb"

"What one won?t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food. ? Bantu & Lamba Proverb"

"When a man is coming toward you, you need not say: Come here."

"When a man says yes, his chi (personal god) says yes also."

"When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it."