If you want everything you see, you will eventually lose all.

More Jamaican Proverbs

• Words are never enough to get through difficult situations. Offer practical solutions and not just mere talk.
• When some people find themselves with a little extra cash, they spend it on things that they don’t even need.
• Don’t let one donkey choke you.
• When the cocoa (cacao) ripens, it bursts.
• Every day the devil helps the theif; one day God will help the watchman.
• Rain never falls at one man’s door (only).
• If you are unable to get turkey, then you must be satisfied with John Crow.
• The bond between blood relatives is very strong.
• You can shake a man’s head, but you cannot shake his heart.
• Shoes alone know if the stocking have holes.
• A cowardly man keeps sound bones.
• If you put your hand in the devil’s mouth, take it out carefully.
• One finger alone cannot kill lice.
• Do not expect to achieve success overnight, take it slowly.
• Willful waste brings woeful want.
• Life isn’t fair.
• What tastes sweet in the mouth burns the belly.
• Old fire sticks are easily re-kindled.
• Do not underestimate the value of the elderly.
• If you spread your bed hard, you must lie on a hard bed.
• The more you look, the less you will see.
• Bowl goes, calabash comes.
• The peacock hides his foot when he hears about his tail.
• When you find yourself in trouble, a child’s shirt fits you.
• Do not wait until the drum beats before you grind your axe.
• What is yours will always be yours.
• Make use of the first opportunities that comes your way.