African Quotes About Success

Every saying in the archive filed under success: 4 proverbs, 11 quotes. 1 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.

They come from South Africa (5), Ghana (1), Angola (1), Tanzania (1) and Ethiopia (1). 3 have no recorded country and are shown simply as African proverbs — the archive does not guess at an origin it cannot support.

Named writers and speakers on this subject include Nelson Mandela (5), Israelmore Ayivor (1) and Isabel Dos Santos (1).

A few from this collection:

• If we stand tall, it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us.
• The cattle is as good as the pasture in which it grazes.
• Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Hard Work and Community.

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