Great Throughts Treasury

"Hurrying and worrying are not the same as strength."

"Hurry, hurry has no blessings. ? Swahili proverb"

"If a woman doesn?t love you, she calls you ?brother.?"

"If anyone makes you laugh, it is not always because they love you. - Kenya Proverb"

"If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings."

"If I am in harmony with my family, that?s success. ? Ute proverb"

"If I could see your face, I would not need food. ? Amharic Proverb"

"If everybody in town donates one threat, the poor man has a shirt."

"If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy. - Cameroon Proverb"

"If men swear that they want to harm you when you are asleep, you can go to sleep. If women say so, stay awake."

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

"If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard. ? Sierra Leone proverb"

"If there is cause to someone, the cause to love has just begun. - Wolof Proverb, Senegal Proverb"

"If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars. ? Ghana"

"If you carry the egg basket do not dance. ? Ambede proverb"

"If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree."

"If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ? African proverb"

"If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars? - Tunisia Proverb"

"If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ? Nigerian Proverb"

"If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or do you change the nail? ? Rwandan proverb"

"If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full. ? South African Proverb"

"If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ? African proverb"

"If you can?t resolve your problems in peace, you can?t solve war. ? Somalian proverb"

"If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love. ? Zimbabwean Proverp"

"If you do not have patience you cannot make beer. ? Ovambo proverb"

"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something."

"If you do not step on the dog's tail, he will not bite you."

"If you find no fish, you have to eat bread. ? Ghanaian Proverb"

"If you don't work you shan't eat."

"If you marry a monkey for its wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains. - Egypt Proverb"

"If you find ?Miss This Year? beautiful, then you?ll find ?Miss Next Year? even more so. ? Nigerian Proverb"

"If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance. ? African Proverb"

"If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive."

"If you pick up one end of the stick you also pick up the other. ? Ethiopian proverb"

"If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry"

"If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter. ? Fulani Proverb"

"If you want to know the end, look at the beginning"

"If you run after two hares you will catch neither."

"If you watch your pot, your food will not burn. ? Mauritanian, Nigerian, and Niger Proverb"

"If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn. ? Congo Proverb"

"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ? African Proverb"

"If your only tool is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail. ? Gambian proverb"

"If you're going home, you don't get wet."

"If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips."

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."

"In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ? Nigerian proverb"

"Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones. Berber, North Africa Proverb"

"It is better to be loved than feared."

"It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion."

"It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof Proverb, Senegal Proverb"