Nigerian Proverbs - page 6

If a child is not well-behaved, she is not sent by the mother to go alone to the market to buy things for her. (Nigerian Proverb)
If the owner of a calabash calls it a worthless calabash, others will join him to use it to pack rubbish. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
It is not enough to run, one must arrive and know when one has arrived. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Charms do not perform miracles on the shelf; they perform for those who are brave. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
He who does not look ahead always remains behind. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When will the goat be strong enough to kill a leopard. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
He who is called a man must behave like a man. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
It is an irresponsible adult that creates enmity because of a disagreement that arises between two children. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
It is an unthinking man who achieves prosperity, and then finds with time, that his body can no longer pass through the door. (Nigerian Proverb)
When a woman cannot have good palm-nuts to give her rich oil, she still has to maintain decency in order to remain one of those that sell good quality oil. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Who says the oasis in the desert is happy because of its hidden spring of water? View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
It is by the strength of their number that the ants in the field are able to carry their prey to the nest. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
There is no god like the throat: it takes sacrifices daily. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When a woman has ten children, there is nothing that happens in the night that she does not know about. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
An old banana leaf was once young and green. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
The cricket is never blinded by the sand of its burrowing. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Choose your fellow traveller before you start on your journey. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
The cry of the hyena and the loss of the goat are one. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting. (Nigerian Proverb)
When one is in trouble, one remembers God. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree said he would praise himself if no one else did. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
He who does not mend his clothes will soon have none. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
He who does not lose his way by night will not lose his way by day. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb