405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 390 - 399 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew

390. Ígbà àrá lá n burá, ẹ́ni kán kíí bu sángò ní ẹrun.

It is when we are young that we exhibit youthful zeal, no one abuses Sango in dry season.

Make haste while the sun shines.

391. Ìjáfárà léwu

Negligence is dangerous

In all we do we should be diligent and prompt.

392. Atí òré atí íká íkán kìì gbé

Neither the act of kindness or wickedness is in vain.

Whatever you sow you shall reap.

393. Ẹ̀ní tí Ọ̀lọ́run ò bá pá kosí ẹ́dà tó lé pá

He whom God does not kill, no man can kill.

No man can change the plan of God. Our Creator alone, can change the trajectory of life.

394. Bíí íṣè ó bá pèní ẹ́nikán kíí pè íṣè

You are pre-empted by your character.

What you do, will determine how people react to you.

395. Òrí là fin mu ẹ̀rán láwò

We pick the best meat from the plate through luck.

What we get from life is not necessarily through hard work but through divine placement.

396. Ìlù kan ò tó Ègùn jó; bí a bá lù fún un a máa lu àyà.

One drum is not enough for a masquerade to dance to; if one drums for him he will also play a rhythm on his chest.

Said of a person who is never satisfied with whatever others do for him/her, but must always make some adjustment.

397. Ilè-ni-mo-wà kì í jẹ̀bi ẹjọ́.

“I-was-in-my-home” is never the guilty party in a dispute.

One does not get into trouble by minding one's own business.

398. Ẹnìkan kì í jẹ́ “Àwá dé.”

Nobody is entitled to say, “Here we come.”

However mighty, a person is still only one person.

399. Ẹyẹ akòko-ó ní òún le gbẹ́ odó; ta ní jẹ́ fi odó akòko gúnyán jẹ?

The woodpecker boasts that it can carve a mortar; who ever used a mortar carved by the woodpecker to make pounded yam?

The puny person's best efforts cannot amount to anything.

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