African Quotes About Family

1 A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place. ~ African Proverb

2 A united family eats from the same plate. ~ Baganda proverb

3 A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break. ~ African proverb

4 If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success. ~ Ute proverb

5 Brothers love each other when they are equally rich. ~ African proverb

6 Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb

7 There is no fool who is disowned by his family. ~ African proverb

8 Home affairs are not talked about on the public square. ~ African proverb

9 If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? ~ African proverb

10 He who earns calamity, eats it with his family. ~ African proverb

11 Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb

12 The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth. ~ Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast) proverb

13 When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate. ~ Ibo proverb

14 Children are the reward of life. ~ African proverb

Source :afritorial.com

Comments

Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty from Africa

1 Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania 2 It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa 3 He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania 4 By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba 5 Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia 6 One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti 7 One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia 8 Money is sharper than the sword. – Ashanti 9 A man’s wealth may be superior to him. ~ Cameroon 10 The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu 11 The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba 12 The poor man and the rich man do not play together. ~ Ashanti 14 Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba 15 With wealth one wins a woman. ~ Uganda 16 Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan 17 A real family eats the same cornmeal. ~ Bayombe 18 If your cornfield is far from your house, the...

African Proverbs on Beauty

One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem. ~Ethiopian Proverb Beautiful from behind, ugly in front. ~Uganda Proverb The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart. ~Baluba proverb Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty. ~Nigerian Proverb A beautiful one hurts the heart. ~African Proverb Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruba Proverb The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on. ~Ghanaian Proverb If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty. ~Congolese Proverb The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful. ~Ganda Proverb Having beauty doesn’t mean understanding the perseverance of marriage. ~Afr...

Proverbs from our brothers and sisters in Ghana

1 By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. 2 Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle. 3 Even though the old man is strong and hearty, he will not live forever. 4 Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. 5 Hunger is felt by a slave and hunger is felt by a king. 6 If you are in hiding, don't light a fire. 7 It is Mr. Old-Man-Monkey who marries Mrs. Old-Woman-Monkey. 8 It is no shame at all to work for money. 9 It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man. 10 It is the fool's sheep that break loose twice. 11 It's a bad child who does not take advice. 12 Money is sharper than a sword. 13 No one tests the depth of a river with both feet. 14 One cannot both feast and become rich. 15 One falsehood spoils a thousand truths. 16 Only when you have crossed the river, can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout. 17 Rain beats a leo...

Always Remember Who You Are

Search This Blog