Discover powerful wise African parables that inspire and teach valuable life lessons, strengthening bonds among family and friends.
African parables are rich stories that have been shared for generations, carrying deep wisdom and important life lessons. These parables use simple storytelling to teach values such as honesty, kindness, patience, and respect. When shared among family and friends, they become a powerful tool for nurturing relationships and guiding behavior in everyday life.
What makes African parables so special is their ability to connect with people of all ages. Through animals, nature, and everyday events, these stories deliver messages that encourage reflection and growth. They offer practical advice on how to handle challenges, resolve conflicts, and support one another, making them perfect for inspiring both young and old within families and communities.
In a world that often moves too quickly, the teachings in African parables provide timeless guidance. They help remind us of the importance of togetherness and understanding in our closest relationships. By sharing these wise stories with family and friends, we keep alive a tradition that fosters love, respect, and unity, enriching lives and building stronger bonds.
Wise African Parables for Family and Friends
[1]. If you are more fortunate than others, build a longer table not a taller fence.
[2]. People will hate you, rate you, shake you and break you. But how strong you stand is what makes you.
[2]. Don't make a fight with your best clothes.
[3]. Don't make a fight with ugly people because they have nothing to lose.
[4]. The sheep that play where the lion is and goes free should not pray to meet the lion when it is hungry.
[5]. It is better to pursue a black goat in the daylight.
[6]. The chair understands more than he who seat on it.
[7]. What so ever the son of lion is, he learns from his father.
[8]. No enemy is worst than bad advice.
[9]. A bird in one's hand is better than two in the bush.
[10]. The sound will always tell where the entrance is.
[11]. A new broom sweep clean but the old one knows it corner.
[12]. The hand of the diligent makes its owner rich.
[13]. A wise fly can't enter the toilet.
[14]. The hand that slays the voodoo priest invites the war of the arch demons.
[15]. The distant rumbling of thunder is an indicative of rain fall.
[16]. For the fact the lion is sleeping does not make him a weakling.
[17]. People out there never care about your struggle they only see your trouble.
[18]. Don't make promises when you are happy, and don't take decisions when you are sad.
[19]. The wise one sees solutions from where the fool has failed.
[20]. What stop the legs from watching the hands can never stop the hand from watching the legs.
[21]. Once fooled is a mistake, twice fooled is foolishness.
[22]. It is only a foolish man that will compare himself with a woman.
[23]. The bad character you refuse to stop today will surely stop you tomorrow.
[24]. The gentleness of a Leopard is not the symbol of its stupidity.
[25]. A wise man thinks before he act and not acting before he thinks.
[26]. The pleasure of madness is only known by a mad man.
[27]. Only fools rush where angels fears to go.
[28]. Marriage is like a bank account whatever you deposit is what you will withdraw.
[29]. The fear of poverty is the beginning of hustle.
[30]. The old age of Methuselah has nothing to do with the Wisdom of Solomon.
[31]. When the desirable is not available the available becomes the desirable.
[32]. When a man eats anyhow he dies without knowing what killed him.
[33]. A falling hut is not ashamed, but the owner of the hut.
[34]. If you can convince a monkey that honey is sweeter than banana you are capable of convincing a Reverend Father to buy condom.
[35]. There's nothing you can eat on this planet earth that will stop hunger strike
[36]. Higher education is not higher understanding.
[37]. Life is just like a coin if you don't spend it wisely you might regret it at last.
[38]. Life will not give to you what you deserve but it is only what you demand.
[39]. Any relationship that doesn't take you to alter must surely take you to the bank.
[40]. The starting point of accomplishment is desire.
[41]. You can only tell the blind that there's no oil in the soup, certainly not salt.
[42]. It's better for a dog to die in a house of a chicken than a chicken in a house a dog.
[43]. When you run alone it's called RACE and when GOD runs with you it's called GRACE.
[44]. Ignorant is the mother of confusion and confusion gave birth to destruction.
[45]. The Monkey and Gorilla may claim one nest, Monkey is Monkey, Gorilla is Gorilla.
[46]. A goat that venture into a lion den may not come back to explain the outcome.
[47]. It is better to arrive early than to come late for they that refuses correction will receives corruption.
[48]. Do not be a wise man that died in a fool's paradise.
[49]. No matter how long Comfort sits on a table, she cannot be comfortable.
[50]. The venom of a Python can never have an effect in the back of a tortoise.
[51]. The child who is not taught by its mother will be taught by the world.
[52]. Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
[53]. A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.
[54]. Wisdom does not come overnight.
[55]. A tree cannot stand without its roots.
[56]. If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.
[57]. The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks.
[58]. Patience can cook a stone.
[59]. When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
[60]. The frog does not jump in the daytime without a reason.
[61]. A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.
[62]. No matter how tall a tree grows, it must bow to the wind.
[63]. The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.
[64]. If the lion does not tell his story, the hunter will.
[65]. A bird will always use another bird’s feathers to feather its own nest.
[66]. The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.
[67]. A man who runs after two hares will catch neither.
[68]. A good name is better than riches.
[69]. The river that forgets its source will dry up.
[70]. When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches.
[71]. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise at least to that extent.
[72]. Leaders who do not listen will soon find themselves alone.
[73]. The sun does not forget a village just because it is small.
[74]. Your name will be forgotten if your deeds are not remembered.
[75]. The moon moves slowly but it crosses the town.
[76]. The child that is not trained well will be a trouble to the family.
[77]. What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
[78]. The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.
[79]. One does not become a king without killing a king.
[80]. A man who uses his mouth to speak but not his ears to listen invites trouble.
[81]. The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.
[82]. A house built on the foundation of lies will soon collapse.
[83]. When the cock crows at the break of dawn, the hen lifts her head and says, “My time has come.”
[84]. The crab does not give birth to a bird.
[85]. You cannot climb a tree with one hand.
[86]. The strength of the crocodile lies in the water.
[87]. A fool and water will go the way they are directed.
[88]. It takes a whole village to raise a child.
[89]. The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
[90]. If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.
[91]. A man who sells eggs should not start a fight in the market.
[92]. When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.
[93]. If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
[94]. The grasshopper that is always near the frog learns to croak.
[95]. Money cannot talk, yet it can make lies look true.
[96]. The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
[97]. What is in the palm of your hand is better than what is on the roof.
[98]. A man who defecates in a neighbor’s mouth should expect retaliation.
[99]. When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
[100]. You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.
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