The Lion King | 55
Quotes | Proverbs
Formal education
will make you a
living; self-educa-
tion will make you a
fortune
Jim Rohn
Excellence is
not a skill, it is an
attitude.
Ralph
Marston
Africa can and will only
advance through African
integration, which can be
realized through the Federal
United States of Africa.
Cheikh Anta Diop
The future rewards those who
press on. I don’t have time to feel
sorry for myself. I don’t have time
to complain. I’m going to press on.
Barack Obama
The reward of a
thing well done is
to have done it.
Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Luganda
“Agabira abangi :
abula gw’akkusa.”
Meaning:
The one who
distributes things among
many people, ends up
satisfying no one.
Portuguese
“Os sábios não dizem o
que sabem, os tolos não
sabem o que dizem”
Meaning:
Wisemen do
not say all they know,
fools do not know what
they say.
Wolof
“Lo doonul talibeem mënulo
done serignam”
Meaning:
We cannot be master
of what we have not studied
French
“On ne jette pas de
cailloux à un arbre qui
n’a pas de fruit”
Meaning:
If you slander
someone, that means
he has value
Swahili
“Barabara ndefu haikosi
kona.”
Meaning:
There’s no
straight road without a
corner.
Igbo
Enwe ma ka eji amaghar
ị
n’
ọ
h
ị
a b
ụ
na osisi d
ị
ya nso.
Meaning:
The monkey’s dexterity in
jumping from tree to tree is because
the tree is close by.
Yoruba
A n pe gbenagbene eye akoko n
yoju
Meaning:
A sculptor is summoned
and the woodpecker shows up
Hausa
A buggi karfe da saura’n zafi, in ya
fuche sai a wahalla
Meaning:
Strike while the iron is hot,
you will suffer if you allow it to get
cold
Lozi
“Wasiwana Wasilya Sakubol-
omoka Wainyaza”
Meaning:
Cherish what you have, you
will miss it when it’s gone.
Tonga
“Ngombe intanzi njinwa menda
mabotu”
Meaning:
The cow
that gets to the river first drinks
clean water
