African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty

Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania

• NA moni de make person abi na person de make moni?

It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa

• It is a shame to work only for the sake of money! Money doesn't edify the soul it sure can tarnish it! What is the spring of life?

He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania

• He who craves only for money will labour and often in vain!

By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba

• Knowledge is derived from craft!

Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia

• Slavery is poverty!

One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti

• One thing at a time!

One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia

• Your pearl is your mind!

Money is sharper than the sword. – Ashanti

• A thousand words is saved in one deed!

A man’s wealth may be superior to him. ~ Cameroon

• Knowledge can drive one crazy!

The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu

• Everything is so expensive? Buy buy bye bye my days of youth in return for things!

The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba

• A free bird in a cage! A heart that isn't free cages the mind.

The poor man and the rich man do not play together. ~ Ashanti

• One works for the other! Different mentalities don't merge except there is a leader in the midst!

Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba

• Lip servers!

With wealth one wins a woman. ~ Uganda

• A smart man knows how to keep his woman with just a dollar in his possession!

Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan

• Bones clean the teeth and the jaws stronger! No rich man will surrender easy what was gained through labour!

A real family eats the same cornmeal. ~ Bayombe

• Should they have other options they will also eat it! Birds of same feathers often Flock together! People In same situations may see same things!

• I like mixed environments, it makes all stand out! Why should anyone look better than anyone? Attitude sure sucks, before anyone gets past its presidiums precious moments are gone.

If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn. ~ Congo

• Everything you do or have needs monitoring!

Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true. ~ South Africa

• Money is the biggest lie ever created for man to invisibly exchange their talents to survive!

Money is not the medicine against death. ~ Ghana

• Oh yes it is; these days it is, it's called transplants or plastic surgery!

He who receives a gift does not measure. ~ Africa

• A gift is a blessing to be used and in there the gratitude shows!

Much wealth brings many enemies. – Swahili

• Don't flaunt knowledge, educate tactfully!

There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. ~ Ethiopia

• Letting go doesn't mean giving up!

What you give you get, ten times over. ~ Yoruba

• In giving don't forget about accepting too!

Greed loses what it has gained. ~ Africa

• Easy come easy go! Greed is blind it's an emotion!

You become wise when you begin to run out of money. ~ Ghana

• pathways are seen when one gets tired of waiting!

If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars. ~ Ghana

• To rip you must sow and not just in money. Penny and pounds; matter and mind must meet!

You should not hoard your money and die of hunger. – Ghana

• Saving alone does not make one rich!

Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan

• One who is smart gets paid! Knowledge is hard to hide!

Having a good discussion is like having riches ~ Kenya

• Good discussions lead to ideas/solutions.

Knowledge is better than riches. ~ Cameroon

• Knowledge shows the way! Reaches can cloud the mind!

You must act as if it is impossible to fail. ~ Ashanti

• When you seek you find and you become confident!

Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can. ~ Ashanti

• Don't let today's issues derail tomorrow's vision!