African Proverbs Quotes

• 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.

  Kofi Annan

  Environmental, Generations, World

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

  David Lloyd George

  Tree, Individual, Embrace

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• 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.

  Michael Meade

  Party, Mean, Parent

  "Your Own Damn Life". Interview with John Malkin, www.thesunmagazine.org. November 2011.

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

  Malcolm X

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Funny, Change

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

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Confidence

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• 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.

  Johnnetta B. Cole

  Ties, Groups, Tasks

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

  Ashanti

  Impossible, Failing, Wise Proverbs

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

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Presidential, Sticks

  Letter to Henry L. Sprague, 26 Jan. 1900

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• Many hands make light work.

  John Heywood

  Change, Teamwork, Hands

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.221

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

  Ashanti

  Rivers, Feet, Common Sense

  "The last word on Prudence" by AC Grayling, www.theguardian.com. September 24, 1999.

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• 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.

  Al Gore

  Mean, Past, Together

  YouTube Chanel " SkalaSpike"/ "Gore's Press Conference, APC 10/12/07", www.youtube.com. October 12, 2007.

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

  Chinua Achebe

  Greatness, Men, Pay

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Sep 10, 2015

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

  Mel Thompson

  Meaningful, Courage, Integrity

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

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Wrestling, Worry

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• 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."

  Al Gore

  Together, Needs, Want

  "30 Rock" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 2006-2013.

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• 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.

  Lizzie Borden

  Believe, Sleep, Thinking

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