African Proverbs

Words that have stood the test of Time!

1. A roaring lion kills no game.

2. Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet.

3. If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.

4. Examine what is said, not who is speaking.

5. Restless feet might walk you into a snake pit.

6. No medicine exists that can cure hatred.

7. Even the lion protects himself against flies.

8. If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run away.

9. Once you carry your own water, you’ll remember every drop.

10. Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.

11. A woman is never old when it comes to the dance she knows.

12. Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.

13. He who does not know one thing knows another.

14. No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams.

15. Rain does not fall on one roof alone.

16. Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it, chased it.