African Proverb Quotes

“Most people write me off when they see me.
They do not know my story.
They say I am just an African.
They judge me before they get to know me.
What they do not know is
The pride I have in the blood that runs through my veins;
The pride I have in my rich culture and the history of my people;
The pride I have in my strong family ties and the deep connection to my community;
The pride I have in the African music, African art, and African dance;
The pride I have in my name and the meaning behind it.
Just as my name has meaning, I too will live my life with meaning.
So you think I am nothing?
Don’t worry about what I am now,
For what I will be, I am gradually becoming.
I will raise my head high wherever I go
Because of my African pride,
And nobody will take that away from me.”
― idowu koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

“You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people working toward a common purpose.”
― idowu koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
― Anonymous

“When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.”
― African Proverb

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”
― African Proverb

“Those who want rain, must also accept the mud.”
― Anonymous

“No matter how hot your anger may be, it cannot cook.”
― Lesotho

“You children, you forget that no matter how high the okra tree grows, it's never mightier than the hand that planted it.”
― Chika Unigwe, Night Dancer

“They that weep in the rain shade no tears.”
― Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.”
― Anonymous

“Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.”
― Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers

“L-EVELS
O-F
V-ARYING
E-MOTIONS


BEING IN LOVE IS ALWAYS A
COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP!”
― Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier, Friend In Your Pocket Conversations Session One

“A MAN ON A CANE STILL STANDS ON HIS OWN TWO FEET!”
― Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier, Friend In Your Pocket Conversations Session One

“YOU ARE NOT A FINISHED WORK OF ART
YOU ARE A COMMISSIONED WORK IN PROGRESS
HANGING IN A GALLERY UNDER CONSTRUCTION!


KEEP PUSHING!”
― Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier, Friend In Your Pocket Conversations Session One

“if you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”
― Hillary Rodham Clinton, What Happened

“Ayikho into ehlekisayo , Ngomuntu ohluphekayo.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“If You Want To Go Fats, Go Alone.
If You Want To Go Far, Go Together.”
― Victoria Odoi-Atsem

“Uma uhluphekile. Akusho ukuthi kumele uyihluphekise nawe.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Ungayihluphi ngabantu. Bazokuthanda moshonile.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Isilima sihleze, silimala.
Futhi, sihleze siyilimaza.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Abantu abangakusizi ngalutho. Ibona abukumoshelayo. Kanti uma ubalalela mebakucwayisa. Uwena ozimoshelayo.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“A child who is not embraced by the council elders of his home will burn down his village to feel it's warmth”
― Ben Jr Grey

“A child who will play in the dark must first learn how to close its eyes.”
― Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives