African Proverb Quotes

A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.

Everyone must row with the oars he has.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

There are roles that I can't do.

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.

The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp!

Beauty isn't what I'm primarily interested in [in architecture]. I think appropriateness is more important.

When people try to do what they can not do, they wish to give up.

They're willing to let Matt sit and wait until they believe he's ready and I can't do the best I'm capable of doing. I'm completely comfortable with that.

We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem.

A man must know his limitations.

There's nothing you can do that can't be done.

A sharp spear needs no polish.

It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge.

The limitations are limitless.

Never let the things you can't do, stop you from doing what you can.

Absent the edge, we drown in numbness.

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.

You can cut down a tree with a hammer, but it takes about 30 days. If you trade the hammer for an ax, you can cut it down in about 30 minutes. The difference between 30 days and 30 minutes is skills.

To make something, you have to work within your abilities. Honestly assess what you can do and even more important, what can't you do.

We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.

Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place they're capable of anything.

Until you try, you don't know what you can't do.