patience | Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs

Today’s African Proverb (8.15.15)

Impatience with your brother is in the flesh, it doesn’t reach the bone. (-Burkina Faso, Mamprussi) 1 person likes this post. Like...

Always being in a hurry doesn’t prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living. (- Nigeria) 3 people like this post. Like...

With many small blows, the great oak falls. (-Kenya, Kikuyu, submitted by Jordan) 2 people like this post. Like Unlike

There is no end to the need for patience. (-Yoruba) 4 people like this post. Like Unlike

Small things add up to something big. (-Zimbabwe) 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

A patient person has all the wealth that there is in the world. (-Liberia) 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike