Things seem worse than they really are when we are afraid.

More Guyanese Proverbs

• 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.
• There is an opportunity for everyone and you must try to grasp it.
• Do not jump into a venture before you make sure that it is worthy.
• Lazy people wear out their pants and get nothing done.
• Although you tend to be ignored for the wrong things you do, you still have your conscience to deal with.
• You must not curse the place that you have come from, because sometime in the future you may have to return there.
• In life you cannot make any kind of progress if you do not take risks. Also, the first steps must be made.
• To fill a need you make do with anything at hand.
• Sometimes when you make yourself too kind your friends and associates will take advantage.
• Vexation will cure a problematic situation.
• When there is trouble, enemies are sometimes forced to get together to solve problems.
• If you waste your money it would be finished very quickly.
• You must see for yourself before you talk.
• It is no use crying over a mishap.
• You should be always prepared for disappointment or trouble.
• Things do not always turn out to be what you expect them to be.
• Everybody has to learn and find out what is good for himself or herself.
• Some things take a long time to be completed.
• When you are small you are insignificant, but when you become big you are strong and important.