*Proverbs from Ghana

*A child who asks questions does not become a fool.*

*Knowledge is like a baobab tree; no one can encompass it with their hands.*

*Let not what you cannot do tear you from what you can do.*

*You must act as if it is impossible to fail.*

*The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.*

*Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue.*

*Do not follow the path. Go where there is no path to begin a trail.*

*If you are on the road to nowhere, find another road.*

*Nobody can prepare for the harmattan* by drinking plenty of water.*

*It is the human being that counts. I call gold; it does not answer. I call cloth; it does not answer. It is the human being that counts.*