A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
尼日利亚谚语
Nigerian Proverbs
Profit is profit even in Mecca.
即使在麦加，利润也是利润。
Fine words do not produce food.
美言不能产生食物。
Even in Mecca people make money.
即使在麦加，人们也赚钱。
One pebble doesn't make a floor.
一粒鹅卵石铺不成地板。
The pillar of the world is hope.
世界的支柱是希望。
Two raindrops do not make a pool.
两颗雨滴不成一个水池。
He who boasts much can do little.
夸夸其谈者一事无成。
Two footsteps do not make a path.
两步走不成一条路。
A child is what you put into him.
孩子是你投入他的东西。
People in trouble remember Allah.
有困难的人要记住真主。
Courage is the father of success.
勇气是成功之父。
If gold rusts, what will iron do?
如果金子生锈了，铁怎么办?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
By being grateful, a man makes himself deserving of yet another kindness.
通过感恩，一个人使自己配得上另一种恩惠。
We live by hope, but a reed never becomes an Iroko tree by dreaming.
我们靠希望活着，但一根芦苇永远不会因为梦想变成一棵爱子树。
Without knowing a way thoroughly at day time, never attempt to pass it at night.
白天不彻底了解一条路，晚上就不要试图通过它。
No one feels the pains that arise from unintended injury.
没有人能感受到意外伤害带来的痛苦。
At a time a cockerel matures, it begins to crow to tell the world the time of day.
当小公鸡成熟时，它开始啼叫，告诉世界一天的时间。