When you are small you are insignificant, but when you become big you are strong and important.

More Guyanese Proverbs

• You should not go against the decision or choice of a person you feel is qualified to make the right choice.
• When a man is courting a woman, he is very concerned, kind and considerate, but when the novelty of the relationship is over, he finds faults and is unkind.
• When a mother is around, she keeps the family together, but when she dies the members of the family tend to scatter.
• Giving up your advantages places you in a losing position.
• When you tell a friend a secret soon everyone knows because your friend will tell another friend.
• Some people may seem friendly and understanding but to your surprise it is not really so.
• Every little bit adds up.
• Only time can make you what you will be.
• Every life comes to an end sooner or later.
• Every story has two sides.
• See for yourself and form your own conclusions instead of relying on the reports of others.
• Some people do all the hard work but others benefit in the end.
• Sometimes when you are enjoying yourself, unknown to you, trouble is brewing in the background.
• After you have eaten and drunken much you tend to become lazy.
• When a great man falls, he is no longer feared and respected.
• When one member of the family is hurt all others feel it.
• Don’t try to over do something, keep it simple.
• A little evidence can tell the whole story.
• Sometimes when you think you are safe, danger is lurking nearby.
• A spell of misfortune causes our whole outlook to be bleak. The smallest incident can cause us to feel hurt.
• Only after experiencing trials and crises in life can a person’s true self be known.
• If you have a need, you grasp at everything that fulfills it.
• Some people will never change their ways and attitude.
• While enjoying yourself look out for things that can threaten you.
• If a person’s head is big it is not necessarily brainy.
• Having achieved a goal, it is difficult to retain it.
• The same manner in which you treats your child, you should treat another’s.