Nigerian Proverb Quotes

Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse. — Nigerian Proverb

When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby.

A religious person without no job is a dead person. (Iigbagbo ti koni ise oku ni. - Yoruba proverb)

No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams.

The subsequent wars in Afghanistan (2001–2014) and Iraq (2003–2011) have collectively claimed the lives of more than 200,000 civilians, based on the most conservative credible estimates—more than sixty-five times as many civilians as were killed in the September 11 attacks themselves. Emerging regional terrorist groups have, in turn, cited these casualties as a rationale for years of horrific attacks that they have perpetrated against other innocent civilians, and so on. As the Nigerian proverb puts it: “When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.

The Nigeria we see today is the Nigeria we'll see tomorrow if we fail to do something now to change the things we don't like about Nigeria.

The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Nigerian Proverb