There are places where you can play an important part, but here are other places where you can be insignificant.

More Guyanese Proverbs

• Do not try to carry out two tasks at the same time.
• A source of enjoyment is always available where it was once found.
• You should not try to position yourself everywhere or in everything.
• When you are young you carry much burden, but as you get old you can take on only little responsibility.
• Your secrets are spread from best friend to best friend to best friend.
• You spend a lifetime trying to acquire knowledge and understanding, and when it seems that all has been grasped, life ends.
• 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.