Father African Proverbs — Timeless Wisdom on Fatherhood
Father African Proverbs
Timeless wisdom honoring fathers, legacy, and love.
Fathers alone—only a father knows his own heart.
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African proverbs about fathers carry timeless wisdom — honoring a father's love, discipline, and legacy.
Wise sayings about fathersIt is much easier to become a father than to be one.
Mean fathers, wasteful sons.
Victory has a hundred fathers, and defeat is an orphan.
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
One father is better than a hundred teachers.
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.
A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
A wise man plans for tomorrow; a fool plans only for today.
A man dies, but his word lives forever.
When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
A child can be punished because of his father’s faults.
A bad tree destroys the field.
Fathers alone—only a father knows his own heart.
To be as good as our fathers, we must be better.
He is a good father who serves his children first at the table.
One father supports ten children sooner than ten children support one father.
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