The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
اِصْنَعْ شَرَابًا حَلُّوا مِنْ حَامِض لَيْمُون الْحَيَاةِ.
Make a sweet drink from the acid of the lemon of life.
जब भी जीवन में मुश्किलें आएँ तो उनका भी लाभ उठाएँ
When difficulties come into life, take advantage of them too.
Ukitaka kwenda haraka, nenda peke yako, ukitaka kwenda mbali, nenda na wenzako
If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together
Rome ne fu[t] pas faite toute en un jour
from Li Proverbe au Vilain, published around 1190
Modern French: Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour
Rome wasn't built in a day
冰凍三尺,非一日之寒
Three feet of ice is not the result of one cold day
Chan ann leis a’ chiad bhuille a thuiteas a’ chraobh
It is not with the first strike that the tree will fall
Image credit: Screenshot from 3D virtual tour of Kilwa Kisiwani created by Zamani Project
Nikisikia nitasahau, nikiona nitakumbuka, nikifanya nitaelewa.
-Mwalimu Amos
Nyoka ana madhara.
-Mwalimu Shila
Picha hii imetengenezwa na akili bandia (AI)
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
- Brutus in Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3 by William Shakespeare
Chinese: 趁熱打鐵
Thai: ตีเหล็กเมื่อแดง
Hindi: लोहा गरम हैं. मार दो हथौड़ा.
Irish: buail an t-iarann te
Swahili: Fua chuma wakati kingali moto
Image: Elimu Yetu teachers visit to Shanga Foundation, Arusha, Tanzania
na Rose Mwanri 🇹🇿 🏆 Shindano la Insha ya Methali 🥈 Mshindi wa Pili
Akiba kweli hazina, haijawahi saliti,
Kwetu ni muhimu sana, hutubeba kwa nyakati,
Kipindi kweli hatuna, inasimama kwa dhati,
Sote tuweke akiba, akiba ni mkombozi.