These African quotes will inspire you. Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent, after Asia in both cases.
Below you will find a collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging African quotes, African sayings, and African proverbs.
Best African Quotes
- “A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.”
- “If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.”
- “Don’t set sail on someone else’s star.”
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“There are no shortcuts to the top of the palm tree “.
- “When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it. “
- “For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. “
- “Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.”
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“Being happy is better than being king.”
- “To try and to fail is not laziness.”
- “If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.”
- “A person with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace. “
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“Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime.”
- “A good deed is something one returns.” African Proverb
- “Those who accomplish great things pay attention to little ones.”
- “Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.”
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“The laughter of a child lights up the house.”
- “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”
- “He who learns, teaches.”
- “Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.”
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“He who refuses to obey cannot command.”
- “A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.”
- “Seeing is different than being told.”
- “Rising early makes the road short.”
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“By crawling a child learns to stand. “
- “Hope does not disappoint.”
- “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
- “There is no medicine to cure hatred.”
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“A quarrelsome chief does not hold a village together.”
- “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.”
- “You can tell a ripe corn by its look. “
- “When I think of the others’s misfortunes, I forget mine.“
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“If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.“
- “A stream cannot rise above its source.“
- “No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death.“
- “Every misfortune is a blessing.”
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“Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly”.
- “A ripe melon falls by itself.“
- “A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness.”
- “Children are the reward of life.”
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“Lack of knowledge is darker than night.”
- “Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.“
- “Repetition is the mother of knowledge.“
- “Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.“
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“One must talk little and listen much.”
- “However long the night may last, there will be a morning.“
- “By labor comes wealth.“
- “Having a good discussion is like having riches.“
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“Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author.“
- “When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.“
- “If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.”
- “Rain does not fall on one roof alone.“
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“A friend is someone you share the path with.“
- “A tree is straightened while it is still young.“
- “Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.“
- “The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.“
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“He who does not know one thing knows another.”
- “One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.“
- “Every fame has a foundation.“
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“A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.”
- “Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.“
- “If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.”
- “One who relates with a corrupt person likewise gets corrupted.”
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“Examine what is said, not who is speaking.”
- “All monkeys cannot hang from the same branch.”
- “Even the lion protects himself against flies.”
