Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
Vincent Okay Nwachukwu
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Striking a snake with a short stake is a mistake. Instead, take a long rake and break its head, if it quakes or shakes, strike again and again till it can’t wake to make trouble.”
“Looking is one thing, seeing is another. Some only see with their eyes while others see with their minds also. However, inability to see with the mind is the worst kind of blindness.”
“Lion may be admired for courage, strength and tenacity but its life is a living death. Once dispossessed of a pride or injured, it dies very miserably. That a lion, of all its charisma can die so wretchedly emphasizes the fact that death is a great leveler.”
“Life is lived in time. Therefore he who wastes time, wastes life.”
“Birds are sky bound; holding them down in a cage is wicked love.”
“A woman’s body and her heart are entwined; you can’t savor her body and dump her heart. It’s the heart that propels the body.”
“The name of a man is more in his thoughts than in what is thought of him. As a container shapes liquid, so are our lives shaped by our thoughts.”
“The ability to analyze a situation, realize a solution and actualize a change distinguishes the mature from the miniature minded.”
“Our loved ones may be nailed in a coffin but their epitaph is nailed in our hearts. Death cannot kill love.”
“Only those who confront unusual challenge can flaunt unusual success.”
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