African-American Proverb Quotations

When the music changes, so does the dance

Let rats shoot arrows at each other. Sudan

God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now

Jealous? Hate the game and not the player.

Don't take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth

Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die

You've got to work twice as hard to get half as far as a Black person in white America.

A man who does not respect his own mother is absolutely no good.

Do not tell the man who is carrying you that he stinks

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips

A good thing sells itself, a bad one advertises itself