Always Remember Who You Are

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

Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. ~Kenyan proverb War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful. ~Ashanti proverb Peace does not make a good ruler. ~Botswana proverb A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow. ~ Lesotho proverb There can be no peace without understanding. ~Senegalese proverb Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully. ~ African proverb If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war. ~ Somalian proverb When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield. ~Ugandan proverb When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.  ~ Swahili saying Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. ~ West African proverb He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk. ~ Malawian proverb An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. ~ Ghan

Learning expands great souls. ~ Namibian proverb To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African proverb By crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African proverb If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African proverb He who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian proverb Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili proverb By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverb You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. ~ African proverb You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down. ~ Bateke proverb The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat. ~ African proverb What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn. ~African proverb By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. ~Ashanti proverb One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom. ~ African proverb You do no