If you want to sit under a shade in your old age plant a tree now.
More African Proverbs:
Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.African
It costs you your good spirit to steal than buying or seeking.
African
One decade is long enough to change the looks of mountains and rivers.
African
He who is too sure of himself and acts without thinking is heading for his downfall.
African
Don't try to get blood from a locust; God didn't put it in there.
African
Use people who have something to gain, not people with nothing to lose.
African