African Proverbs

Famous African Proverbs

African Proverbs

To handle yourself use your head to handle others use your heart.

A secret remains a secret only when one person knows it.

The strongest man on earth is he who stands alone.

If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.

The two hardest things in life to handle are success and failure.

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.

Words are like bullets, if they escape, you can't catch them again.

Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.

Life is like a mirror if you fawn it, it fawns back and if you smile, it smiles.

A man who is patient is rewarded.

Love is like a baby it needs to be treated tenderly.

Don't loose hope no situation is permanent.

He who doesn't know you, will not value you.

Where there are no fools, there would be no wise men.

It's much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.

The cheapest way to improve your looks is to wear a smile.

If you're very unkind today don't expect favours tomorrow.

Listening is the most difficult skill to learn and the most important to have.

Tell your friend a lie, if he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.

In good times friends know you and in bad times you know them.

Bad luck for one man is good luck for another.

Talking is cheap until you hire a lawyer to do it for you.