🔥 Haitian proverbs about motivation

Hope makes one live. Little by little the bird builds its nest. Sitting does not give. Haitian encouragement is unsentimental — it assumes the difficulty rather than denying it.

Men anpil, chay pa lou

Many hands, the load is not heavy

— Haitian proverb —

solidarity, work

Piti piti zwazo fè nich li

Little by little the bird makes its nest

— Haitian proverb —

patience, perseverance

Lespwa fè viv

Hope makes one live

— Haitian proverb —

hope, survival

Chita pa bay

Sitting does not give

— Haitian proverb —

work, initiative

Premye so pa so

The first fall is not a fall

— Haitian proverb —

failure, perseverance

Pito ou travay pase ou mande

Better that you work than that you beg

— Haitian proverb —

work, dignity

Byen san swè pa pwofite

Wealth without sweat does not profit

— Haitian proverb —

wealth, work

Larivyè anpeche ou janbe, men li pa anpeche ou tounen

The river stops you crossing, but it does not stop you turning back

— Haitian proverb —

obstacle, hope

Ane pa touye ou, se pa jou k ap touye ou

The year did not kill you, it is not a day that will

— Haitian proverb —

endurance, hope

Byen mal pa lanmò

Being badly off is not death

— Haitian proverb —

hope, hardship

Fòk ou pèdi tan pou ou gen tan

You have to lose time to have time

— Haitian proverb —

patience, work