South African Proverbs and Sayings
73 South African sayings collected from South Africa — 6 proverbs, 66 quotes, 1 short story.
- I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.Quote · South Africa
- I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.Quote · South Africa
- Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.Quote · South Africa
- It always seems impossible until its done.Quote · South Africa
- As you start out in life, it is important that you know at least something about everything, but as you get older it is important that you know everything about something.Quote · South Africa
- It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.Quote · South Africa
- There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.Quote · South Africa
- You can learn a lot about someone by observing him when he is hungry.Proverb · South Africa
- As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.Quote · South Africa
- Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.Quote · South Africa
- Love doesn't rely on physical features.Proverb · South Africa
- It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves.Quote · South Africa
- I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.Quote · South Africa
- I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.Quote · South Africa
- I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.Quote · South Africa
- Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.Quote · South Africa
- Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.Quote · South Africa
- There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.Quote · South Africa
- I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.Quote · South Africa
- There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.Quote · South Africa
- Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.Quote · South Africa
- If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.Quote · South Africa
- During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.Quote · South Africa
- I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.Quote · South Africa