Baba.Yoruba

Akú òsè tuntun oooo, yóò san wa oo🙏🏼🙏🏼

Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ kọ́ l'onísẹ́, à fi ẹni tó bá fi orí tì í d'ópin. /

To start anything is not as crucial as seeing it through to completion.

['Finishiative' is superior to initiative: don't start what you won't finish: finish whatever you start.]

Ọ̀wọ́n irin ni í mú abẹ́rẹ́ wọ iná. /

Scarcity of iron is why a needle gets dipped into the blacksmith forge.

[When the preferred is not available, the available often becomes the preferred; we make do with what we have when we can't have what we want.]

Owe Yorùbá

Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ tí yóò gun igi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀, èékánná rẹ̀ yóò mú ṣáṣá.

A squirrel that hopes to climb the plantain tree must have sharp claw nails.

[Success comes, not by accident, but by careful preparation and right subsequent steps: success doesn't just happen, it is caused.]

ÒWE YORÙBÁ

Iṣẹ́ l'oògùn ìṣẹ́.

Work is the veritable cure for poverty.

[Dilligence pays]