If a person’s head is big it is not necessarily brainy.

More Guyanese Proverbs

• You may think that you are getting away with your misdeeds, but one day you will be caught.
• If you feel that you do not belong somewhere you should not go there. Also, if you are unable to do something, you should not do it.
• You can hurt a person by what you say as if you literally bite him.
• Be grateful for favors from anyone because someday you may need another.
• Good things do not come easily.
• In life you learn from everybody and everything in the environment in which you find yourself.
• People will not respect you if you have a bad reputation.
• In life it is difficult for you to relate to someone who may be unfriendly or hostile.
• It does not matter if you are annoyed with conditions at work, you have to return to your job. Similarly, although you may be frustrated with the situation in your homeland, you may still have to return to it.
• When two powerful people meet to discuss business, everybody else must know his place.
• You should not always take things by their looks.
• If you persevere you can make great accomplishments.
• If you put little effort in a task you can expect very little success.
• You reap what you sow.
• Things seem worse than they really are when we are afraid.
• A member of your family may turn delinquent but that does not mean that you must disown him or refuse to help him.
• Some people talk kindly to you but they are capable of hurting you.
• When you are good at a job you are expected to perform just as well without the necessary tools and support.
• You must attempt something only when all aspects seem clear.
• If someone close to you says something about you it is most likely true.
• Good and evil come from the same source.
• Sometimes when a person dies others will cry not so much in sorrow but in joy for the expected inheritance.
• What you boast about yourself may not necessarily be true.
• When you work hard and achieve something in life, you are not happy if it is taken away by others.
• When you make a decision you must be prepared to abide with the consequences.
• Those who are leading can see the danger ahead and are in a position to give advice.
• Sometimes you think that what you do or say nobody sees or hears, but yet your secrets are known.