Blog on African Proverbs
” Oye to kan ara Awo(do mi),O n bo wa kan ara Ede (re re)… Chieftaincy title given to Awo indigene would soon be given to Ede Indigene (www.femiadediran.com) Mokan mokan loye nkan; Oye to kan ara Awo(do mi),O n bo wa kan ara Ede (re re)… Chieftaincy titles are given turn by turn; Chieftaincy…
Books do not necessarily make us wise until we “learn” what we are reading – Femi Adediran, July 2021. Wisdom is simply our willingness to learn, unlearn and relearn whatever we think we know – Femi Adediran, July 2021. If you must be “rich”, you must be an expert at borrowing other people’s wisdom regardless…
Our biggest challenge is not the noise in the marketplace but the noise within, which is far louder than the noise in the open market. If we are able to deal with our inner noise, the noise in the marketplace will never be an issue – Femi Adediran, July 2021. Calmness is not the absence…
The laziest man is the physically strong but mentally weak. (Alagbara ma mo ero, baba ole ) An African adage It is good to be spiritually sound, but when your spiritual soundness is in variance with your mental capacity, you will at best be a prodigal son, wasting spiritual resources. To maximize your spiritual soundness,…
If we all know what each of us is capable of, we will treat each other with more respect and dignity- Femi Adediran, June 2021. Every man/woman you meet is a possibility Every man/woman you meet is an access Every man/woman you meet is an asset Every man/woman you meet is a Blessing Every man/woman…
The Easiest thing to do, is to find excuses, simply because excuses are everywhere! – Femi Adediran, June 2021. What eventually “unmake” us are the excuses that we “make”. Nobody can unmake you until you make excuses that give them permission to unmake you – Femi Adediran, June 2021. Every man, regardless of colour or…
To kill without drawing the sword is to actually live by the sword – Femi Adediran, 2020. Until the Apaniodas do their own killing, the physical sword is never effective. Until Judas did his own killing by betrayal, his boss was never a victim of the sword -Femi Adediran, 2020. It is far easier to…
Battles of life cannot be wished away. You can only stand up to fight (for life) or sit down to die!- Femi Adediran, 2020 Some questions are better not answered, some answers are better not questioned . “Judas” is not your battle, “the cross” is the big war that must be won – Femi Adediran,…
Your conviction(Your inner witness) is your conviction (Your judgment). We are as convicted as convinced – Femi Adediran, 2020. The wicked cannot forgive because he is too weak to do so. He can only do one thing: Revenge. Revenge make you happy but it will eventually make you bitter -Femi Adediran, 2020. Wickedness is not…
The narrow way only allow for limited friends, limited pleasures, limited rest. Everything is limited on this way so that he who walks therein lead an unlimited life – Femi Adediran, 2020 And when all is said and done, it is what we do on the narrow way that makes our life counts.- Femi Adediran,…
