PROVERB/QUOTE OF THE MONTH
December 2010 By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn. Latin Proverb
Late Summer Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. Italian Proverb
Feb-Apr 2010 Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
Jan 2010 At every crossroads there are three choices. - Anonymous
Nov-Dec 2009 He who would leap far must first take a long run. Danish Proverb
Aug-Sept 2009 Between saying and
doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. - Italian
Proverb
June-July 2009 An elder's handbag is never completely empty - Acholi Proverb
March - April 2009 Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story - Ewe-mina Proverb
Feb 2009 A tasty soup draws people to itself. Ewe Proverb
July -August 2008 It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless...Martin Luther King Jr.
May - June 2008 What if nobody could have seconds until everyone had gotten firsts? Could I be sent to jail for asking that?!
For more of Ricardo Levins Morales work see http://www.ricardolevinsmorales.com/
Apr 2008 A person
who can speak many languages is not necessarily more valuable than a person
who can listen in one. http://www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/
Mar 2008 May every day of your life be worse than the next. - Old Irish blessing
Feb 2008 It is not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived. From http://www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/
Jan 2008 A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. Greek Proverb
Dec 2007 Surely it's no coincidence that the word "listen" is an anagram of the word "silent". – from http://www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/
Oct-Nov 2007 Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. – from http://www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/
Sept 2007 A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything. -– from http://www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/
Aug 2007 Learn to listen, opportunity often knocks softly – from http://www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/
June 2007 Nothing about us without us is for us. South African Slogan
May 2007 The blacksmith in one village becomes a blacksmith's apprentice in another. - Ewe Proverb
Apr 2007 Tell me, and I forget. Show me, and I remember. Involve me, and I understand - Chinese proverb
Mar 2007 If you go through the high grass where the elephant has already gone through, you don’t get soaked with the dew. - Ghanaian Proverb
Feb 2007 Your speech died like beer. Kishubi Proverb
Jan 2007 Every time an old person dies it is as if a library has burnt down – Mandinka Proverb
Dec 2006 We shall know who enjoys walking when we are on a journey. Sierra Leone Proverb
Oct-Nov 2006 You change your steps according to the change in the rhythm of the drum – Ewe Proverb
Sept 2006 Keep going backwards and you will meet the water – Sierra Leone Proverb
Aug 2006 He who rides the horse of greed at a gallop will pull it up at the door of shame – Fulani Proverb
JuneJuly 2006 It is never winter in the land of hope. - Russian Proverb
May 2006 When the music changes, so does the dance. - West African Proverb
April 2006 If things are getting easier, maybe you're headed downhill. – Proverb from Ghana
Mar 2006 If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim. – Swahili proverb
Feb 2006 Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerless and the powerful means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. – Paulo Freire
Jan 2006 Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing. – Arundhati Roy
Dec 2005
If you give me a fish you have fed me for a day. If you teach me to fish then you have fed me until the river is contaminated or the shoreline seized for development. But if you teach me to organize then whatever the challenge I can join together with my peers and we will fashion our own solution.
Ricardo Levins Morales, Northland Poster Collective. See www.northlandposter.com for this and other posters
Nov 2005 Those who do not listen to the voice of the elderly are like trees without roots. - Luo proverb
Oct 2005 The one who teaches is the giver of eyes – Tamil proverb
Sept 2005 You learn more from listening than you do from talking - Anonymous
August 2005 Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. – Will Rogers
JuneJuly 2005 You won't help shoots grow by pulling them up higher. Chinese proverb
May 2005 Waiting should not keep you from dancing. Sierra Leone proverb.
Apr 2005 The river swells with the contribution of the small streams - Bateke Proverb
Mar 2005 The youth walks faster than the elderly but the elderly knows the road. - Nilotic proverb
Feb 2005 Many stars cannot be concealed by a small cloud Maori Proverb
Jan 2005 The river swells with the contribution of the small streams - Bateke Proverb
Dec 2004 Who does not know the path should ask. --Nilotic proverb.
Nov 2004 A single hand (of a person) cannot cover the sky. - Ghanan Proverb
Oct 2004 The wasp says that several regular trips to a mud pit enables it to build a house. - West African proverb
Sept 2005 More things grow in the garden than the gardener sows. - Spanish proverb
Aug 2004 To give to your friend is not to cast away; it is to store for the future - Swahili proverb
JuneJuly 2004 You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. Irish proverb
May 2004 The day on which one starts out is not the time to start one's preparations. Nigerian proverb
Apr 2004 If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something. African proverb
Mar 2004 Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd. Swahili proverb
Feb 2004 From the word of an elder is derived a bone. -Rwanda/Burundi proverb
Jan 2004 A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor. --African proverb
Dec 2003 A thing that causes an elephant to fall: how small may it be!-- Luganda proverb
Nov 2003 Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. -- West African proverb
Oct 2003 If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. - Chinese Proverb
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JuneJuly 2003 Having a good discussion is like having riches - Kenya
May 2003 Paddling a canoe without rhythm leads to drowning - Sierra Leone
Apr 2003 He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. - Confucious
Mar 2003 The foot which is behind follows the foot which is in front. - Sierra Leone proverb
Feb 2003 …What is most important in the world? …it is people, it is people, it is people. - Maori proverb
Jan 2003 When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.- Ethiopian proverb