If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming... (Japanese Proverb) - More Japanese Proverbs...
Like the seaweed that clings to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis. (Indonesian Proverb) - More Indonesian Proverbs...
In a family if you have somebody who is troublesome it's the family members who are worried than the troublesome member. (African Proverb) - More African Proverbs...
A hundred years a banner, a hundred years a barrow. [Signifying the changeful fortunes of great feudal families.] (French Proverb) - More French Proverbs...
The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position. (Ghanaian Proverb) - More Ghanaian Proverbs...