Supposing doesn’t fill the grain basket; ‘if’ doesn’t fill the larder.
More Ovambo Proverbs:
You cannot avoid what lies in ambush for you.Ovambo
The person to whom things are brought does not know the length of the road.
Ovambo
Night is followed by day, famine by abundance.
Ovambo
The bird will not fly into your arrow.
Ovambo
Coward, strangle your fear, or else you will strangle yourself.
Ovambo