Proverbs from all African languanges in the whole world.
== E ==
* Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.<br>It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.<br>Every morning a lion wakes up.<br>It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.<br>It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.<br>When the sun comes up, you better start running.
** Thomas L. Friedman, ''[[The World Is Flat]]'' (2005–2006), Ch. 2, Flattener #6 (p. 137 in the 2006 edition)
== I ==
* If one knows thee not or a blind man scolds thee, do not become angry.
** [[Anonymous]] (claimed to be an African proverb by ''The Journal of Negro History, Volume I. Jan. 1916''[http://www.outfo.org/literature/pg/1/3/6/4/13642/13642.txt])
* It takes a whole village to raise a child.
** Popularized in English by [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]]'s 1996 book, ''[[w:It Takes a Village#Proverb question|It Takes a Village]]''. Although sayings with similar purport are found in various African cultures, the authenticity of this expression's African origin is debatable.[http://www.h-net.org/~africa/threads/village.html][http://www.afriprov.org/index.php/african-proverb-of-the-month/23-1998proverbs/137-november-1998-proverb.html]
== S ==
* "'''Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'''" (West african proverb)
** [[Theodore Roosevelt]], in a [http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm139.html letter to Henry L. Sprague] (26 January 1900)
* Searching for something can be in they way of finding it.
** {{cite book | last = Wallensteen | first = Ivar | year = 1991 | title = Världens bästa ordspråk | publisher= Ljungföretagen |location= Örebro | page = 76 |isbn= 91-534-1349-0}}
== T ==
* The sun is the king of torches.
** West African proverb, quoted in ''Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages : Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically'' (1887) by Robert Christy, p. 322
* Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
** {{cite book | last1 = Prospectus, Goldman | year = 2011 | title = Baseball Prospectus 2011 | publisher = John Wiley \& Sons | page = 496 | isbn=0470622067}}
== Y ==
* '''You condemn on hearsay evidence alone, your sins increase.'''
** [[Anonymous]] quoted in ''Apropos of Africa : Sentiments of Negro American Leaders on Africa from the 1800s to the 1950s'' (1969) edited by Adelaide Cromwell Hill and Martin Kilson
== See also ==
*[[Ndebele proverbs]]
[[Category:Proverbs]]
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